Aguirre orders probe on gun attack vs Surigao fiscal

Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct a probe on the circumstances behind the attack against a Surigao City Prosecutor and its possible relation to the killing of a former judge.

City Prosecutor Manuel Navarro Tesioma, 47 was shot outside his home Monday morning, four days after a retired judge was killed in the same city.

Tesioma was shot by a motorcycle riding gunman in the chest, neck and back.

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Aguirre said they have provided financial assistance to the family.

“We helped his family financially and will be asking other prosecutors nationwide to help likewise. We have airlifted him to Cebu City for better treatment,” he said in a text message.

“I have also ordered the NBI to conduct a parallel investigation,” he added.

Tesioma is the third prosecutor to be attacked since October 2016. Mati City Prosecutor Rolando Acido was shot to death outside Mati City Hall of Justice on Oct. 26, 2016. Early this year, Quezon City Prosecutor Noel Mingoa was shot at closed range while outside a restaurant along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. CDG