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Atimonan incident a rubout, Palace saysThe shooting incident which killed 13 men in Atimonan was a rubout, Malacanang said Tuesday, adding that President Benigno Aquino III wants criminal and administrative cases filed against policemen involved.
The President has accepted the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation "in full" after a thorough review, deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement.
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"He has directed Secretary of Justice Leila de Lima to file the appropriate criminal and administrative charges," Valte added, against Police Superintendent Hansel Marantan, Chief Superintendent James Andres Melad and others.
Marantan manned the police checkpoint where the Jan. 6 bloodbath occured while Melad was chief of police of the Calabarzon region at the time of the incident.
NBI has recommended multiple murder charges, Valte said, as she added that investigations contradicting Marantan's claims that the victims, who are said to be members of a criminal group.
"The probe findings also showed that the victims were summarily executed and all indications point to a rubout," Valte said in a press brieifing citing the NBI report.
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