Baclaran man who stayed on public school roof for 12 hours comes down
The daily hum of commerce and street life in Baclaran, Parañaque City, took a pause due to the odd behavior of a man who climbed on the roof of a pubic high school and stayed there for hours on June 16, 2016. He was rescued by local cops at 10:25 p.m. on the same day. (INQUIRER FILE PHOTO)
Update
MANILA — The man who climbed up the roof of a public school in Parañaque and stayed there for hours on Thursday, has been convinced by local cops to come down.
Senior Supt. Ariel Andrade, the city’s chief of police, said the man was rescued by authorities from the top of the Baclaran National High School Gym at 10:25 p.m.
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As of this posting, authorities had yet to identify him, although a dzBB report said he was called “Jun.”
An initial report to Andrade said the man, who climbed up the school around 12 noon (not 10 a.m. as earlier reported), was “attempting to commit suicide.”
Asked why he attempted to commit suicide, Andrade said: “He has mental problems (May diperensiya).” SFM
