San Jose National High School in Tacloban City, where a shooting incident Monday, June 23, 2026 left several dead and injured. INQUIRER.net photo | Joey A. Gabieta
MANILA – The June 22 school shooting in Tacloban City where three students were killed and 20 others were injured underscored the need for continued national discussion on terror grooming, radicalization and violent extremism, a ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Saturday.
In a statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director, Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr., said such issues are no longer exclusive to the battlefield, to the armed fighting in the countryside or to organized terrorist networks.
“More and more, it is becoming clear that the pathways to violence are now passing through classrooms, chat groups, online communities, social media feeds, and homes where actors continuously concoct styles and methods to recruit children and youth,” he said.
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