MANILA, Philippines — A father and son were killed in a police operation after allegedly firing back at the police in a bid to evade arrest in a Tawi-tawi town on Sunday morning.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Guillermo Eleazar identified the suspects as Girang Lipae and his son Basil Lipae who were killed in a joint police and military operation in Barangay Sipangkot, Sitangkai town around four in the morning.
Another unidentified female adult was also killed in the firefight between the suspects and operatives of PNP’s Special Action Force along with Philippine Navy and Philippine Marines, which lasted for about five minutes.
PNP said the suspects, who were wanted fo…
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