MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Guillermo Eleazar on Monday ordered a probe of the Valenzuela incident to determine “if there were lapses in the conduct of the operation” that led to the death of an 18-year old teen with special needs.
Initial police reports showed that the Valenzuela teener grabbed the service firearm of one of the policemen which resulted in a scuffle during a raid in a cockfight on Sunday.The service firearm went off and hit the victim.
Valenzuela Mayor Rex Gatchalian, however, saidArnigo’s mother disputed the police statements, saying her soncould notdo that because he was “afraid of police.”
“I have directed the Internal Affai…
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