MANILA, Philippines — The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality will start this week its investigation on the Tacloban school shooting incident as some sectors sought to further amend the juvenile justice law.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros, chairman of the panel, said she will hold the inquiry on July 1.
The senator aims to determine the circumstances that led to the shooting incident at San Jose National High School that led to the death of three students.
Hontiveros said she hopes to examine the broader chain of failures that may have contributed to the June 22 shooting, including possible grooming, radicalization, and normalization of violence in online platforms.
She invited the Germany-based developer of Gorebox, the video game linked by authorities to the Tacloban school shooting investigation.
But Felix Filip, who identified himself as a Germany-based independent game developer, informed the committee through email that he would not attend the hearing, either in person or through Zoom.
Hontiveros said she will seek the assistance of the German Embassy in Manila to facilitate the participation of Filip in the Senate inquiry.
