Department of Justice | PHOTO: INQUIRER.net / Noy Morcoso
MANILA, Philippines — After a series of crime incidents involving children—such as the recent school shootings in Tacloban City that killed three people and injured around 20 others—the Department of Justice (DOJ) has appealed to lawmakers in the Senate and House of Representatives to pass a law that would combat what it called “nihilistic violent extremism or NVE.”
This came after the justice department earlier said it is exploring the possibility that the shooting incident in Tacloban may stem from a pattern of NVE and not only a simple case of school bullying.
READ: Not just bullying? DOJ probes nihilistic extremism in Tacloban shooting
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