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Holdup man killed by antinarcotic cop in QC

/ 01:30 AM March 06, 2017

A holdup man died after a policeman shot him dead in Quezon City early Sunday morning.

The suspect, still unidentified at press time, had just alighted from a jeepney after robbing a victim when the policeman chanced upon him.

The incident happened  around 3 a.m. on Elliptical Road corner East Avenue, according to a report to Chief Supt. Guillermo Eleazar, Quezon City Police District (QCPD) director.

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SPO1 Aires Dio of the QCPD district drug enforcement unit was on a motorcycle when he spotted the holdup man and identified himself as a policeman.

The suspect, however, pulled out a knife and attacked him, prompting the lawman to shoot. Jodee A. Agoncillo

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