Philippines blocks GoreBox gaming app after school shooting kills three, injures 20

Investigators said one of the teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at a high school had regularly used the GoreBox gaming app

Philippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east Asian nation killed three students and injured 20 others.

Investigators said that of the two teenagers accused of opening fire on students at San Jose National high school in Tacloban city, one had regularly played the game, which allows players to use various weapons and depicts graphic violence.