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.