Catholic bishop condemns killing of Filipino politician
Bishop Abarquez calls for an investigation into the events that led to the death of Calbayog's mayor
Bishop Isabelo Abarquez says violence is not tolerated in any Catholic society. (Photo: UCA News)
A Catholic bishop has denounced the killing of a Philippine mayor and two of his aides by anti-narcotics police in Samar province.
Ronald Aquino, mayor of Calbayog City, was in a vehicle with his bodyguards when two vehicles carrying police officers approached them on a bridge on March 8.
“The first shots came from the vehicle where mayor Aquino was on board … [he and his bodyguards] were thinking that the vehicles behind them were tailing them,” said police information officer Maria Bella Rentuaya on national television.