Philippine air force jet crashes into school

A Philippine air force jet on exercises with the US military has crashed into a school north of Manila.

A Philippine air force jet on exercises with the US military has crashed into a school north of Manila.

The pilot was killed and over a dozen people on the ground were injured.

Officials said the F-5 jet exploded in the air before plunging into a school compound, which was empty because of the summer holidays.

Four rooms in the school in Mabalacat town in Pampanga province, were wrecked by the plane.

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"The pilot is dead and there were people who got hurt. About 10 to 15 of them," Pampanga governor Mr Lito Lapid said on local radio.

The United States and the Philippines are holding military exercises on the main island of Luzon and in the country's south to help the Philippines counter terrorism.