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<p>ESCALANTE, Negros Occidental — Worried parents on Monday fetched some students from the Escalante National High School in this city after a screenshot of two pupils allegedly talking about plans for a gun attack went viral on social media. </p><p>In the screenshot of the alleged conversation on gaming platform Roblox, a student appeared to talk of plans to bring a gun to the school. It was shared online by the aunt of the other pupil, who was alarmed upon reading the conversation. </p><p>Escalante police chief PLtCol. Florendo Fajardo said they found the 14-year-old boy who claimed that he would bring a gun. </p><p>But the child denied the supposed plan and said he had long deactivated his Roblox account. </p><p>Investigation into the incident was still ongoing.  </p><p>Parents, school officials, and the police also held a dialogue on students’ safety.  </p><p>Earlier in the day, another school in Batangas province suspended classes over an alleged knife and gun threat allegedly sent by a student. </p><p>The incidents come a week after<a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2026/6/24/tacloban-school-shooters-had-target-police-1256"> two teenagers killed three students</a> and wounded around 20 others at a school in Tacloban City, Leyte.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2026/6/24/tacloban-school-shooters-had-target-police-1256">Tacloban school shooters had target — police </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/6/26/one-critically-wounded-student-in-tacloban-shooting-now-out-of-danger-deped-1559">One critically wounded student in Tacloban shooting &#x27;now out of danger&#x27;—DepEd </a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2026/6/24/possible-influence-of-shootings-abroad-among-leads-in-tacloban-incident-2020">Possible influence of shootings abroad among leads in Tacloban incident </a></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pLcumYAzbHs?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JVduMAFDp8E?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Worried parents on Monday fetched some students from the Escalante National High School in this city after a screenshot of two pupils talking about a supposed gun attack plot went viral on social media.</p>

Worried parents on Monday fetched some students from the Escalante National High School in this city after a screenshot of two pupils talking about a supposed gun attack plot went viral on social media.

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Viral post on alleged gun threat sends students home in Negros Occidental

Romeo Subaldo

Published June 29, 2026 03:30 PM PHT

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