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Philippines launches school shooter drills amid rising violence concerns

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The Philippines has initiated active school shooter drills across the nation following a rare and fatal shooting incident in June. These drills involve students and teachers practicing lockdown procedures, such as barricading classrooms and maintaining silence. Officials cited concerns about the influence of damaging social media content and online recruitment by extremist groups as contributing factors to the rise in violent incidents. AI

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Philippines launches school shooter drills amid rising violence concerns

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bloomberg ·

    Philippines starts active school shooter drills after deadly attack in Tacloban City

    The Philippines has begun holding active school shooter drills after a rare act of violence in Tacloban City last month during which two teenage students opened fire, killing three schoolmates and injuring 20 others. On Wednesday, at one educational campus in Manila, hundreds of …

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