A total of 246 religious leaders have filed their applications for a permit to carry firearms outside their residence, Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde said on Wednesday.

His announcement came a week after Fr. Richmond Nilo was gunned down in a chapel in Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija.

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