‘Philippine cops murdered town mayor’

Philippine police murdered a town mayor while he was helpless in a jail cell, justice department investigators said yesterday, contradicting claims by the accused and President Rodrigo Duterte that he was killed in a gun battle, reports AFP.The accusations by the National Bureau of Investigation deepened concerns that police were carrying out summary executions as part of Duterte’s controversial war on crime, which has claimed more than 5,100 lives in just over five months.“After conducting an exhaustive investigation of the incidents surrounding the killing of Mayor Espinosa and Yap, the NBI concluded that the testimonies of several witnesses had
disputed the claim of an alleged shootout between the (police) operatives and inmates Mayor Espinosa and Raul Yap but (was) a ‘rub out’,” the NBI said in a statement.

 

Philippine cops murdered town mayor

Philippine police murdered a town mayor while he was helpless in a jail cell, justice department investigators said yesterday, contradicting claims by the accused and President Rodrigo Duterte that he was killed in a gun battle, reports AFP.The accusations by the National Bureau of Investigation deepened concerns that police were carrying out summary executions as part of Dutertes controversial war on crime, which has claimed more than 5,100 lives in just over five months.After conducting an exhaustive investigation of the incidents surrounding the killing of Mayor Espinosa and Yap, the NBI concluded that the testimonies of several witnesses had disputed the claim of an alleged shootout between the (police) operatives and inmates Mayor Espinosa and Raul Yap but (was) a rub out, the NBI said in a statement.