Thursday, November 29, 2012

FBI agents in PHL to monitor case of slain US Marine

From GMANews (Nov 29): FBI agents in PHL to monitor case of slain US Marine

Agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation are here in Manila to monitor the case involving the killing of an inactive US Marine last week, particularly the alleged delay in bringing the victim to a hospital. The agents met with Philippine police officials to get updates on the killing of George Anikow, the husband of an American diplomat here, according to a report by Jun Veneracion on GMA News TV’s Balitanghali on Thursday. Southern Police District head Chief Superintendent Benito Estipona confirmed the presence of the agents.  “They’re inquiring about itong incident ng stabbing wherein one American national died,” Estipona said. They were shown CCTV footage of the incident on Saturday in Makati, from the initial confrontation of Anikow with four men up to his stabbing, which caused his death. One of the questions the agents asked was why it took almost an hour for an ambulance to bring Anikow to a hospital.  According to police, the rescue unit who took care of Anikow apparently already mistook him as being dead. “Yung first assessment, dahil sa nakitang duguan na talaga--at parang nakadapa yata iyong sabi nila--ang ating biktima, inaakala na kaagad nila na patay na iyong tao kaya hindi na nila kinonsidera na kaagad (i-evacuate),” Makati police chief Senior Superindent Manuel Lukban, Jr. said. The rescue unit of Brgy. Poblacion declined to appear in front of the camera in the television report, but said Anikow did not have a pulse when they arrived......

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