MANILA, Philippines — An assistant special prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman was killed in Quezon City on Monday. A report on ABS-CBN said that the slain prosecutor was identified as Madonna Joy Tanyag, who was five months pregnant. Tanyag is the tenth state prosecutor attacked since October 2016, when Mati City Prosecutor Rolando Acido was shot dead by unidentified men just outside the city’s Hall of Justice. Her killing come weeks after Ozamiz City Prosecutor Geronimo Marabe Jr. was shot dead by four identified men in Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental. RELATED: NBI to probe killing of ex-Ozamiz prosecutor MarabeQuezon City Deputy Prosecutor Rogelio Velasco was gunned down by several men in May.

Source: Philippine Star June 04, 2018 08:37 UTC