Two students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said.

The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were arrested. The suspects and victims were students of the San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, southeast of Manila, where the mid-morning shooting happened, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said.

An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the shooting in the government-run school, which has more than 1,500 students. Capoy said the suspects, who were close friends, said in initial questioning that they were bullied in school. He didn’t elaborate.

They have no criminal records, Capoy said. One got the 9 mm pistol he used in the attack from an aunt, a police officer, who is now being investigated. The other suspect used a cal. 38 revolver.

Philippine National Police spokesperson Allen Rae Co said the revolver is registered to a security agency based in Cebu City in the central Philippines, the Reuters news agency reports.

Capoy said the suspects managed to bring the guns onto the campus because there was only one guard on duty at multiple entrances and exits.

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