The incident occurred during the 2024 Zamboanga Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP). The event was attended by more than 500 schoolboys. It was cancelled following the electrocution.

The local government provided assistance to the families of those who died and were injured. In a statement, the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) said it is looking into the details of the incident ...

MANILA: Three senior scouts died and 10 others were hospitalised after they were electrocuted at a Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) campsite in Zamboanga City on Thursday (Dec 12). Those who ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Three members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) died while 12 others were injured following an accident at a jamboree site in Barangay Pasonanca in this ...