Philippines bans video game played by alleged high school shooter

The Philippines has temporarily blocked gaming app Gorebox after an initial investigation found that a teenage suspect in a rare school shooting had been playing the game.

Three students were killed and 20 others wounded after two suspects – aged 15 and 14 – allegedly fired handguns inside a classroom in Tacloban, south-east of Manila, on Monday.

Police said the 14-year-old was a player of Gorebox, a game where players can “obliterate anything [they] desire” and “engage in brutal combat with an extensive arsenal of weapons and explosives”, according to its Google Play listing.

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