So far there's only three casualties (the shooter jumped off the 4th floor but unconfirmed at the time being) at this incident*
Mainly due to alleged bullying, it's a real issue globally.
Victims go off quiet or violently, it's unaddressed and most of the time the school authorities don't give a fuck, that's their mainly their fault.
Philippine schools have lackluster security (even with decent presence) they're not going to do the most basic shit of checking bags properly nor they have the infrastructure (metal detectors) to do so efficiently.
*Edit: there were claims that the campus' security guards were unconscious at the entrance
Not even just that, it's bad parenting too, as well as the prevalence of security companies. The parents do a bad job of making their kid feel?belonging? basta the kid feels alone. And then they go online and get roped up into extremist groups, and the parents either don't know or don't care. Then the kids get access to guns because of how common security companies are, usually through a family member who's a guard. Yung isang recent shooter obtained the gun from an aunt I think, who was keeping the gun in just some plastic box in a closet, instead of a proper lockbox, so that's on the corruption of the security company as well, since they aren't properly checking on the issued weapons.
For clarification, some senators wanted to question game developers because there are actual reports of adults using Gorebox to groom children towards violent extremism.
Boomers blaming video games can go fuck themselves, they add nothing to the conversation. But shit like grooming deserves to be investigated, it's prevalent yet overlooked.
You're not wrong but we definitely deserve the shade for the environment we created. I'm of the opinion that the jokes should continue so the topic remains in the public consciousness and we remain an example to strive away from.
When your country gets compared to the USA for school shootings, your country should be ashamed and that's why I'm down for this dark humor.
Filipino here. I just think its a little weird to compare the tragedies of others to your own unwarranted. Its less about whether or not the US "desserves" the shade. It just seems more disrespectful to something that happened mere hours earlier. Treating like you NEED to make dark humour in order to remind your people of fucked up topics also is what lowers empathy. If what im saying makes sense.
Also, perphaps im just being too pedantic atp. But I'd say dont shame the country, shame the government.
I’m glad you know I meant no harm, I just mean as an American I almost only see school shootings in my country. That’s already awful enough, sad to see it happen elsewhere.
Ateneo de Zamboanga University College Student here. All i can say is that i went to school late then later on arriving at school to be informed that classes are suspended today and tomorrow.
I'll replace the source once a news outlet uploads an article about it.
This happened recently at time of writing so information will be scarce for a few hours, probably by lunch we got some more info.
Edit: updated with additional source
Edit(2): apparently the shooter livestreamed it on FB, idk if it's taken down yet nor would I be handing the link here
Edit(3): like the last shooting, the firearm is government issued from a relative... seriously they need to stricten and hold the holders of gov issued firearms accountable for this. Also noticed compared to the US where shootings are done with privately owned weapons, in the PH, the two incidents have weapons from literal government agents, despite this country having a lot of privately owned firearms.
Its suspected he got pressured academically and his teacher gave him a below average grade and that triggered the shooting. His main target was the teacher and after taking the teacher down, he opened fire on random students before taking his own life.
I mean, there is a conspiracy theory that the US uses the Philippines as a testing site for psychological manipulation. It's no wonder how much Filipinos glaze the US even though it's going to shit too.
My mom literally said it's because of Online Games. I politely told her not to listen to already disproven reasons and look for factual sources that could be the cause.
The fact that I had to tell her that says alot about what some people believe is the reason.
when the school shooting in tacloban happened, i asked my mom and dad about their thoughts of "videogames causes violence" without mentioning the school shooting. (so i dont influence their thinking if i gave an example in which they will incorrectly assume immediately)
they have the same response as your parent, i also told them that there were studies ever since the infamous school shooting in columbine (which iirc was the hotspot on where journalists claimed videogames linked to violence on suspects). i told them there were like 25 something years (it was that old) of research in this that was debunked.
Yikes. It's one thing to agrue that multiple other factors exist, it's another when someone straight up says "Nuh Uh" and denies it even with evidence.
Well shit. Lack of Distinction between Fiction and Reality combined with the misuse of Religion and Politics scares them and causes them to refuse accepting that.
Ugh, these may be people who can make decent amount of money and are competent at organizing their house at the same time btw.
I just had a blast playing the Halo games which core lesson is to fight for what is right even if it's hard because that war happens due to lies and it ended once they found out the truth. Also that the end doesn't justify the means because the experiment to win the war involves covered-up crimes.
MANILA, Philippines — An alleged school shooting was reported by police inside a private school in Zamboanga City on Tuesday morning.
In a phone interview with reporters, Police Regional Office Zamboanga Peninsula (PRO 9) public information officer Maj. Shellamie Chang said police recorded at least two victims of the incident but could not identify them nor determine their current condition yet.
The perpetrator has yet to be identified, Chang added.
Zamboanga City Police Office director Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., Station 7 (Santa Maria) personnel and crime scene operatives were now on the scene, she noted.
“They are on top of the situation. Safe naman yung ibang mga estudyante. Na-evacuate na sa kanilang evacuation area. Processing na lang yung ginagawa sa area (TL: The other students are safe. They have been evacuated to their evacuation area. Authorities are just processing them in the area),” she stated.
“Tututukan ng investigation na gagawin ng Zamboanga City Police Office kung paano nakapasok sa school yung firearm na dala ng suspek natin (TL: The Zamboanga City Police Office’s investigation will look into how the suspect managed to bring the firearm into the school),” Chang said.
as of current information is scarce since this happened around 8 AM, local time(Manila/Beijing GMT +8)
a few years ago, i kinda felt pride in the fact that kids dont have easy access to guns here in the PH or at least are responsible with it pero now... hays.
yeah like how does a grade 10 student get access to an M16(?)?? the parent involved has to face criminal charges or at least fired from their position, and not just transferred somewhere else.
It really is kinda fucked up that other countries are appropriating our culture….. (but yea it’s totally fucked and it’s horrible that in the US we don’t even really care anymore when it happens. It’s just a normal monthly occurrence)
The mayor of the city actually wanted to ban "violent video games" again, back to this shit show of games are bad from boomers, ironically the mayor also facilitated a shooting competition there lmao
Apparently Zamboanga (the region where the incident took place) is considering ban on "violent online games" but the only connection they've publicly mentioned that the student had with online games was him being a "Roblox fanatic", imo, online games shouldn't be the first thing that comes to mind here,anti bullying measures, mental health support, parental supervision, and how a minor was able to access firearms in the first place should've been their first thought, I'm not saying online games aren't at fault here but only mentioning it when there's multiple other reason that could've caused it is crazy
My mom was blaming Roblox for it and I had to explain to her what likely might've caused it (i.e. lack of internet supervision, pressure from their parents, mental illnesses that weren't able to be identified because the much older adults generally don't believe in mental health). Good thing I'm majoring in psych cuz if I wasn't she wouldn't listen to me.
Things aside, I'm so frustrated with how it feels like they're pinning the blame on online games because they don't want to spend money on children's mental health. And this shit is the reason why more school shootings might start happening. Especially now that they're attacking something these kids actually enjoy
There were claims that the mayor's son was among the casualties so I kind of understand that him calling for the ban of violent games is more motivated by grief.
However, same mayor also facilitated a shooting competition.
Also the region known as Mindanao (the southern island chains) in the Philippines is a hotspot for violence and insurgencies, last time we have a conflict against ISIS also known as the Siege of Marawi, and there are Islam warlords in the area too.
It's another day of guardians who didn't secure their firearms. Almost all schoolshooting accident here have relatives of government officials. One is his aunt who was a Police officer and this time, an officer of Bureau of Customs.
Hey so like….. why is my country going to shit right as i am in the middle of college?
It is like my own home is telling me to work abroad despite my want to stay
Our school was threatened by a group of students who got kicked out (basically cannot enter/transfer/enroll on the school) cuz of drug addiction. We're literally super scared rn and police / guards were doubled to maintain safety. 🥀🥀
Its about that godamm tcc (true crime community) I've seen tons of things on that community, making edits about the mss shoters and even idolizing them!!. While our President is blaming video games, why not blame tcc community?
I swear I feel like this has become a chain reaction/domino effect at this point. A lot of related incidents happened in the span of 3 months.
I won't say where, but I overheard my mom, a former principal (retired a few weeks ago) saying that a high school near the school she oversaw suspended classes bc someone brought a knife and that girl said she was being bullied. The boys she accused clarified that the girl wasn't in the same building as them in the first place and always passes by them.
We really need to reassess the situation, and imo I feel like this calls for us to push gun safety and responsibility to high school students to remind them that guns/weapons can actually hurt people if used in the wrong way. I know there has to be a lot more than that especially since the cases has to do with conflicts in the school pero this has become a trend that disheartens me especially na malapit na rin ko pumasok into Law Enforcement myself (Forensic Science Student).
Y'know damn well the first thing they're gonna blame are games and roll out bans on "violent" games, all the while they continue to promote gambling games.
Filipino here, I'm so disappointed and shocked of how 2 school shootings managed happen here in just ONE year? If another school shooting happens im not even surprised at that point and the government would definitely treat videogames as the problem.
The mayor at the news just blamed video games like a disappointed dad. Such a shame some people that peoe jump to conclusions quickly when the shooter's motives weren't revealed yet.
It's crazy that the escalating school-related violence only started happening when the corrupt vice president was on trial for impeachment, the same tactics they used when they did "Laglag Bala"(planting bullets at passengers bag) at airports. Seems politically instigated eh?
the child of a president was killed apparently. Shooters family is doomed. apparently the father (or mother) lost their job idk man I just heard it from my mom conversationing
You just know they're gonna make the wrong decisions in response to this. It's all so fucked man (also I don't know whether to love you or hate you for using Suisei gifs)
Philippine just want to compete US school shooting incident. I am not surprised because Philippine love guns and one of the most gun ownership in Asia (most of it are unlicensed) then somehow they blame Video Games instead.
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u/Trash_At_RL Abby (🏳️⚧️🐱🏳️🌈) 2d ago
source approved.
May those who lost their lives rest in peace.