Deadly Echoes: The Philippine School Shooting That Won't Let Go The Philippines has long been plagued by a culture of firearms, where guns are often seen as status symbols or tools for self defense in a country with rampant crime.
But when a high school student livestreamed his rampage on a southern campus last week, the nation's collective psyche was shaken anew.
Mohammad Mael Jalani, a Grade 9 student at Ateneo de Zamboanga, used Facebook Live to broadcast his actions.