Manila, June 22 -- Three teenage students were killed and seven others injured after two armed minors opened fire at a high school in the central Philippines on Monday morning, state media cited authorities as saying, adding that two suspects have been apprehended.

The shooting took place at around 9 am local time at the government-run San Jose National High School in Tacloban City in Leyte province, as per the Philippine News Agency.

According to the Tacloban City Police Office, classes were underway when the suspects entered the campus and began shooting. A Grade 9 student was apprehended shortly after the incident, and a second suspect, also a Grade 9 learner, was arrested several hours later with the assistance of residents from a n...