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Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means forthwith or ...
Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman were three teenagers who were killed on August 16 to 18, 2017, during the course of the Philippine drug war.. On the evening of August 16, 2017, a 17-year-old Filipino student named Kian Loyd delos Santos was fatally shot by police officers conducting an anti-drug operation in Caloocan, Metro Manila.
The New Bataan massacre occurred when five Lumad teachers and community workers and their two drivers were killed in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro, Philippines, on February 24, 2022. The ones who were killed were Chad Booc , Gelejurain "Jurain" Ngujo II, Elegyn Balonga, Tirso Añar, and Robert Aragon—collectively termed as 'New ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding the killings of a provincial governor and several others has been arrested in East Timor and will be deported to ...
Lapid's vehicle was about 50 meters (160 ft) from the gate when the shooting occurred. [8] Lapid was the third journalist in the Philippines to be killed in 2022, according to data from UNESCO, [10] and the second during the presidency of Bongbong Marcos, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. [11]
The perpetrators of the Kabacan massacre are undetermined although what is known is at least five individuals were involved in the killings. The Kabacan Police released a report which concluded that the assailants were equipped with high powered firearms such as M-16 Armalite rifle, Carbine rifle and caliber .45 pistol based from 32 empty shells retrieved from the crime scene. [3]
Two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion were killed in a hotel in a popular resort city south of the Philippine capital and police were trying to identify and track down the suspects ...
Then PNP Chief Ronald dela Rosa presents Kerwin Espinosa, who voluntarily surrendered himself to authorities, to the media. On August 1, 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who was conducting a nationwide campaign against illegal drugs, asked Espinosa and his son Kerwin to surrender themselves within 24 hours "on the grounds of drug-trafficking and coddling."