The Philippine National Police on Saturday announced the creation of a special task force (STF) to pursue the remaining suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo, saying that the 'resolution of the case is “nearing.'
PNP spokesperson Police Colonel Jean Fajardo said that “STF Degamo” on Saturday afternoon held a meeting -- together with representatives from the Office for Transportation Security , Armed Forces of the Philippines , National Bureau of Investigation , and Department of the Interior and Local Government -- to discuss the progress of the investigation.
Further, Fajardo said the PNP and AFP were conducting pursuit operations to capture that remaining suspects, and the NBI was arranging the legal documents with respect to the revelations of the four arrested suspects. “Yung mga suspect na nagbigay ng material information regarding sa iba pa po na we are still accounting for more or less six to seven persons kasama yung five pa na actually participated doon sa nangyari pamamaril kay governor Degamo at ilang biktima including yung possible masterminds sa kaso na ito,” she added.
The original owner, seller, and buyer of the vehicles used in the killing of the governor were also under investigation, Fajardo said. The governor and five others were killed. The death toll rose to nine the day after the attack. Thirteen others were seriously injured while four were treated as outpatients.
The search resulted in the confiscation and recovery of three hand grenades, 10 short firearms, six rifles, 465 assorted live rounds of ammunition, 194 assorted empty shells, and 22 assorted magazines.
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