MANILA, Philippines — The cops who shot Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino earlier this week were in the area for an operation that meant to assess the performance of provincial police, the spokesperson of the national police said Thursday. It is not clear why the mayor's security detail, which included a police officer, would have done so. In a House resolution the lawmaker filed, he also accused the national police of ambushing the late mayor's vehicle, describing the shooting as a "senseless murder." "A number of civilians came right away to the crime scene when they learned that there was a shooting incident," he said. In 2011, then-Calbayog City Mayor Reynaldo Uy was also shot and killed by unknown gunmen.

Source: Philippine Star March 11, 2021 10:07 UTC