A SCHOOL principal was wounded in a shooting carried out by motorcycle-riding gunmen outside a school in Midsayap, Cotabato. Arlyn Alcebar, the principal, was driving her car in front of Agriculture Elementary School when she was shot by a gunman riding as a passenger on a motorcycle. The incident was reported on Tuesday’s “24 Oras” news program.
Alcebar was immediately taken to a hospital and is currently in stable condition. The Department of Education (DepEd) has strongly condemned the attack. “The DepEd Central Office condemns in the strongest possible terms the shooting of the principal of Agriculture Elementary School in Midsayap, North Cotabato. This is not only an attack on an educator, but an assault on the sanctity of schools as safe zone for learning,” DepEd said in a statement.
DepEd is coordinating with the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the local government unit to locate and apprehend the suspects. The department has also provided financial and psychological first aid assistance to those affected by the incident.
