Motorcycle gunmen shot and seriously wounded a policeman
acused in the killing of a decorated army officer in Zamboanga
City in southern Philippines
Officials said PO3 Al-Zhamier Arasid was driving his
tricycle along Natividad Street
Police linked Arasid to the June 19 murder of Lieutenant
Colonel Cristobal Julian Paolo Perez, who was shot several times in the head
and body at the back of his house in Guiwan village. It said at least 2 gunmen
were involved in the killing of Perez.
The 46-year old Perez – assigned with the 1st Infantry
Division in Zamboanga del Sur’s Labangan town – was rushed to hospital where he
died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the police.
Superintendent Luisito Magnaye, the city’s police chief,
said they filed murder charges against Arasid and was just waiting for the
issuance of the arrest warrant from the court when the policeman was shot.
“We are just waiting for the warrant so we can arrest
Arasid, but this happened. We are still investigating the shooting, but Arasid
is the prime suspect in the killing of Perez,” Magnaye said, adding that the
killing of Perez was personal grudge. He did not elaborate.
No individual claimed responsibility for the shooting of
Arasid. Perez was one of the army’s top commanding officers who had been
largely credited for the killings of two Malaysian bombers and Abu Sayyaf
jihadists in Basilan and Sulu provinces during his stint with the army.
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