SunStar
(Contributed)
March 09, 2021
JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, said he has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the incident that killed Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, two of his police security escorts and two other policemen.
While Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas described the incident as a shootout, Samar First District Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento said it was an ambush perpetrated by policemen wearing balaclavas and using high-powered firearms.
Guevarra said the NBI investigation would ensure impartiality in establishing what really happened.
An initial police report said Aquino and his security escorts were traveling in a van along Laboyao Bridge in Barangay Lonoy, Calbayog City at around 5:30 p.m. Monday when armed men aboard two other vehicles fired at the mayor’s van.