ZAMBOANGA CITY: Three brothers were recently charged with murder for the gun slaying last May 12 of a Philippine Navy official along Veterans Avenue here, police said.
City Police Office chief Col. Thomas Joseph Martir identified the accused as brothers Monjhier Omar, Roslyn Omar and Nico Omar, all residents of Southern Command village in Barangay Calarian.
The suspects, onboard a motorcycle, shot dead Navy Col. Nestor Tinorio Yapit after he visited an apartment building he was constructing on a land that was allegedly being claimed by the Omar siblings.
Martir said Yapit, a native of Pamplona in Cavite, was assigned as a provost marshal at the Philippine Navy Headquarters in the Western Mindanao Command in Barangay Upper Calarian.
He said a police report revealed that Yapit was walking near the exit gate of the Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) before 8 p.m. when the motorcycle-riding suspects suddenly stopped beside the him.
One of the back-riders immediately pulled out a handgun and fired several times at Yapit, hitting him on the head and several parts of his body.
Concerned bystanders rushed Yapit to the ZCMC, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Martir noted that the suspects, who were earlier apprehended in their Southern Command village residence, are now detained at the Zamboanga City Jail and are facing murder case.
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