Philippines foils second planned high school attack in Leyte in days

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Philippine authorities prevented a second planned mass shooting at a high school in Leyte province shortly after a deadly attack in Tacloban City. The intervention was prompted by a tip from Senator Bam Aquino to the Interior Secretary, enabling timely action against the threat.

Philippine authorities successfully foiled another possible school attack in Leyte province just two days after Monday’s deadly shooting in Tacloban City, thanks to a timely tip from Senator Bam Aquino. The senator, nephew of former president Corazon Aquino, informed Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla of the threat on Wednesday night. “At 8 o’clock last night, Senator Bam Aquino called me up and gave me a tip that there was chatter in Tacloban that there was an impending mass shooting that was...