A panel of prosecutors from the Department of Justice has dismissed the murder complaint against 17 police officers implicated in the so-called March 7, 2021 “Bloody Sunday” killings.
The panel found out that one gun that allegedly killed the fisherfolk couple from Batangas, who were among the victims of the simultaneous service of a search warrant in 2021, did not match any of the service firearms of the policemen.
Activists Ariel and Ana Mariz “Chai” Lemita Evangelista, who led their community in opposing the construction of at least 150 fish cages on the fishing grounds of Nasugbo, Batangas, were among the nine killed in a series of raids in Calabarzon on March 6, 2021.Following probes conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation, murder complaints were filed in 2022 against 17 members of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Region 4-A.
The resolution noted that of the 17 police officers, only Santos was carrying a 5.56 mm firearm like the one that killed the couple, while the others had a 9mm caliber gun. After the gunshots were cleared, they entered the house and found the victims wounded. Nandu ordered that the two be taken to the hospital.
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