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MANILA, Philippines — The 14-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed dead his 13-year-old classmate inside a Las Piñas City school has undergone inquest proceedings for murder, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday.

“As of now, he’s at the Bahay Pag-asa. He’s in temporary custody there,” NCRPO spokesperson Maj. Hazel Asilo told reporters in a phone interview.

“He underwent inquest proceedings last Saturday for a murder case… That was the recommendation of the fiscal” she detailed.

READ: Teen student stabbed dead by schoolmate in Las Piñas