24 students ‘possessed’ by spirits in Mandaluyong

MANILA, Philippines - At least 24 female students at a school in Mandaluyong City collapsed yesterday morning, allegedly possessed by evil spirits, prompting school officials to cancel classes for the rest of the day.

City police chief Senior Superintendent Florendo Quibuyen said that prior to the incident, the second year high school students, all from the same section at the Isaac Lopez Integrated School, had been playing “spirit of the glass.”

At around 9 a.m., the students collapsed one after the other.

Quibuyen said pastor Boyet Sionco prayed over some of the students, while others were brought by their relatives to the San Felipe Church for the same purpose. After the rite, the students regained consciousness and they all said they were “back to normal,” he said.

One of the students claimed that just before she lost consciousness, she saw a “tall and dark woman” walking outside their classroom.