A man and a woman were gunned down inside a Victory Liner bus in Nueva Ecija, with the incident recorded on the dashboard camera.
The video, which has gone viral, showed two men walking from the back of the bus towards the front to shoot the man and woman, who were seated together and had face masks on.
The passengers died on the spot, while the gunmen asked the driver to stop the bus so they could leave.
The driver subsequently went to the nearest police station to report the incident.
According to the police report, the shooting happened along Carranglan, a mountainous area. The bus was heading southbound.
The video has left netizens shocked and traumatized, with some demanding for tighter security protocols for for the bus line owned by the Hernandez clan.
fucking hell WHAT IS HAPPENING PH?!! that victory liner bus clip will forever haunt me. do we not have a weapon detection system in public vehicles like buses? kasi it's scary to think na ppl can just easily carry around güns undetected inside a public transpo
— patty — 🍉 (@dettejamsty_) November 15, 2023
Grabe, that Victory Liner video is just so traumatic and disturbing. I cannot unsee.
It's the second time in recent memory that someone was killed inside a VL bus. The first was activist Randy Malayao in 2019, tapos ngayon naman involving two still-unidentified victims.
— Jhoanna Ballaran (@jhoannaballaran) November 15, 2023
Commuters in the Philippines have never been safe, the Victory Liner incident just further illustrates how messed up the transpo. system in the country. Something’s gotta change https://t.co/90Q15DQKIq
— Atlas (@anitapodium) November 15, 2023
Paano na nyan ako nito mag cocommute? I always sleep paman din sa bus😭
This is so traumatizing for a person who always commute.
My deepest condolences to the family of the victims. I hope justice will be serve the soonest.
Do better and please be responsible Victory liner!
— its_anglk (@sunfloweroha) November 15, 2023
How am i supposed to sleep now after watching that victory liner video? Why is it so easy for other people to take someone’s lives it’s as if it can be replace in a snap??
That video will haunt me. Very disturbing and traumatizing as a commuter
— chu 🪐 | rt bot (@pinks_n_others) November 15, 2023