Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
13
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
At least three students have been killed and eight others injured in a shooting at a high school located in the country's south.
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others → kill → south
The incident occurred at Banga National High School, in the province of South Cotabato.
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incident → occur → Cotabato
School classes were immediately suspended across the municipality.
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classes → suspend → municipality
At least three students are dead and eight others injured following a shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines, authorities have confirmed.
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authorities → injure → Philippines
The announcement came after the country's education department revealed the incident occurred at Banga National High School in Banga in the province of South Cotabato.
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incident → come → Cotabato
Provincial Governor Reynaldo Tamayo told Reuters that the shooter was among the three people killed.
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shooter → tell → people
Banga Mayor Albert Palencia later confirmed the shooter was 16 years old and that four of the eight people injured were in a critical condition.
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four → confirm → condition
The victims were aged between 14 and 17.
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victims → age → 14
"The suspect supposedly sat beside his friends and told them to go home, 'Because after lunch, I will be executing my plan,'" Mr Palencia told Reuters.
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Palencia → sit → Reuters
"His friends laughed because the shooter was a known joker."
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shooter → laugh → ?
In a video posted to Facebook and verified by AFP, a man can be seen carrying what appears to be an injured child from the school, rushing him into the sidecar of a waiting motorbike.
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what → post → motorbike
In another, a teacher speaking in a local dialect could be heard saying there were two shooters and a student insisting they were outsiders.
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they → speak → dialect
The local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said school classes had been suspended across the Banga municipality.
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classes → say → municipality
The incident follows two shootings since June at schools in the south of the country.
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incident → follow → country
School shootings were previously rare in the Philippines, but the incidents led to nationwide live shooter drills being conducted this month.
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incidents → lead → drills
Last month a student live-streamed himself shooting and killing another student in a classroom in Zamboanga before taking his own life.
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himself → stream → life
In June, at least three students were killed and about 20 others injured an attack at a public high school in Tacloban when two classmates opened fire on campus.
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classmates → kill → campus
The latest incident came just days after three other people were killed and 15 injured in a separate shooting in Cotabato during the first parliamentary election held in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
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15 → come → Mindanao
The Philippines has relatively strict gun ownership regulations, including background checks and psychological evaluation requirements, although illegal firearms remain in circulation.
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firearms → have → circulation
Mr Tamayo urged parents to ensure guns were kept out of reach of minors.
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guns → urge → minors
"We need to be responsible in storing firearms.
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We → need → firearms
Gun owners, in particular, must make sure that minors do not have access to them," he told Reuters.
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he → make → Reuters
"We cannot expect a handful of security personnel to monitor thousands of students.
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handful → expect → students
We need to work together because otherwise this will be very difficult for us to address."
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us → need → ?
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