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NBI steps in to probe Calbayog mayor s slay after police linked to ambush
Updated Mar 9, 2021 3:41:00 PM
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 9) The National Bureau of Investigation will look into the shooting incident that killed Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino and his aides after police officers were implicated in the ambush.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday said they have received a report that policemen were involved in Monday s shootout that killed the mayor, his driver, his security escort, and one suspect in Barangay Lonoy, Tinambacan District in Calbayog. He said he will direct the NBI to step in to provide an objective and impartial investigation.
Published March 9, 2021, 4:28 PM
Calbayog Bishop Isabelo Abarquez has called for a thorough investigation on the killing Mayor Ronald Aquino and his aides.
“The wheel of justice is the proper venue for resolution of any case,” he said in a CBCP News post.
“We therefore call on the proper authorities to conduct a thorough and speedy investigation on the killing of Mayor Ronald Aquino, his driver and bodyguard and bring into the bar of justice the ones responsible,” added Abarquez.
The prelate said they “condemned in strongest terms” the incident that left the city’s mayor, his driver and bodyguard dead.
Gen. Debold M. Sinas, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), has ordered a thorough investigation on the shootout in Western Samar that resulted in the death of Calbayog City Mayor Ronald Aquino and three others that include a policeman.