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Mayor of Ozamiz, Philippines Killed by Philippine National Police During Drug Raid

posted by martyb on Monday July 31 2017, @07:55PM   
from the drugs-are-dangerous dept.

takyon writes:

The mayor of Ozamiz in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines has been killed in a drug raid:

A mayor who had been accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of involvement in drug trafficking was killed along with his wife and 10 other people in coordinated police raids early Sunday, the authorities said.

Reynaldo Parojinog, mayor of the city of Ozamiz in the southern Philippines, died in a firefight at his home after his security personnel shot at drug enforcement officers, who had come to arrest him and three members of his family, according to the Philippine National Police.

His wife, Susan Parojinog, and five other people were also killed, and a second raid at another house owned by the family left five more people dead, the police said. Mr. Parojinog's daughter, Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez, the deputy mayor of Ozamiz, was among "scores" of people arrested, according to Ernesto Abella, a spokesman for Mr. Duterte.

The police said they confiscated high-powered rifles, bundles of cash and an unspecified amount of methamphetamines at Mr. Parojinog's home. A police official, Chief Superintendent Timoteo Pacleb, said one officer had been wounded in the firefight but that his life was not in danger.

Also at the The Washington Post, SunStar, BBC, and CNN Philippines.

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• Re:It gets worse Re:It gets worse (Score: 3, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday July 31 2017, @09:20PM (1 child)

  by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday July 31 2017, @09:20PM (#547373) Homepage Journal

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• Re:It gets worse (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 31 2017, @11:43PM

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