Philippines Temporarily Blocks Gaming App Used by Suspect in Deadly School Shooting
Authorities are reviewing whether the game influenced the attack as police said one suspect was an avid player and 3 students were killed, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Philippine Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center temporarily blocked the online game GoreBox following a Monday shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City that killed three students and wounded 20 others.
- CICC Undersecretary Aboy Paraiso stated the temporary ban allows authorities to assess whether GoreBox, which one 14-year-old suspect avidly played, influenced the attack as officials emphasized the measure is precautionary pending investigation.
- Police recovered 40 empty shells at the scene, where two suspects aged 14 and 15 used a 9 mm pistol and.38 caliber revolver. PRO 8 Director Brigadier General Jason Capoy noted the campus lacked adequate security for its 1,600 students.
- Paraiso added the CICC will conduct strict monitoring of online spaces to ensure the safety of Filipino children, coordinating with the Council for the Welfare of Children to identify platforms posing risks to young users.
- F2 Games, developer of the physics-driven sandbox game, recently shifted development focus toward an offline single-player experience. Rated for players 18 or above, GoreBox had already removed online functionality in March before this incident occurred.
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One country bans popular video game after deadly school shooting
The Philippine government has temporarily blocked the mobile gaming app Gorebox following a shooting at San Jose National High School in Tacloban that killed three students and injured 20 others on Monday, the BBC reports.
Authorities in the Philippines have temporarily blocked the video game GoreBox after preliminary investigations revealed that one of the teenagers suspected of a shooting at a high school was a user of it. The attack, which took place on Monday in a classroom in the city of Tacloban, southeast of Manila, killed three students and injured 20 others. The two suspects are aged 15 and 14. Police said the 14-year-old was playing GoreBox, a violent vi…
Three students have died in an attack in the Philippines, and authorities are investigating whether online content may have played a role in the tragedy.
(Hanoi=Yonhap News) Correspondent Park Jin-hyung = In connection with the recent shooting at a high school in the Philippines that claimed the lives of three students, authorities [are] investigating the teenage student suspect...
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