Everlasting ban on violent video video games pressed

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Thursday mentioned the federal government ought to completely ban “violent” video video games following the deadly capturing at a Tacloban City faculty.

“Games espousing violence like GoreBox should be permanently banned from the Philippines. I believe that it desensitizes young people to the elements of death, violence, and murder,” Remulla mentioned in a press briefing in Camp Crame.

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“I believe that the government, that Congress should study the matter on how to stop this,” he added, talking partly in Filipino.

The Tacloban incident concerned two suspects, aged 14 and 15, who opened hearth on the San Jose National High School campus on Monday morning, killing three college students and wounding not less than 20 others.

The suspects had allegedly been influenced by GoreBox, based on the police.

Following the gun assault, GoreBox was briefly banned within the nation by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center. /gsg /atm