The Philippines has been rocked by three deadly school shootings in just four months.
It's an alarming increase of violence in the country, which police believe is linked to a radical subculture that's targeting children online known as "Nihilistic Violent Extremism".
The ABC's South-East Asia correspondent Tim Swanston reports from the Philippines with camera Haidarr Jones and producer Hannah Meagher.
Warning: this story contains discussion of themes that may be distressing for some viewers.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/online-extremism-rise-in-deadly-school-shootings-philippines/107237852
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