A human-rights group and relatives of a former soldier who was gunned down near a quarantine checkpoint on Thursday condemned the killing and demanded justice as police officials promised to
Former Army Cpl. Winston Ragos, who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder , was shot twice on Tuesday afternoon by Police Master Sergeant Daniel Florendo Jr. in front of a small eatery along Maligaya Drive, in Barangay Pasong Putik, Quezon City, around 2:30 p.m. Ragos died about three hours later in the hospital.
“It was really a decision that was given to the policeman and that was his decision. Now whether the decision was right or wrong, the investigation should find out,” he said. Ragos’ niece, Fae Macahilig, said her uncle was in front of a store when he saw police trainee Joy Flaviano, who was then about to enter a comfort room.
“But put yourself in our shoes. We also have families,” Eleazar said in an interview on ANC. “If there was a mistake, just face whatever case against you rather than end up dead in that situation …. That’s your call.” “My uncle did not have a gun, but they didn’t listen. A police officer even said then: “‘I will kill him … we do not care,’” said Fae, who saw the shooting. “My uncle then turned around to show them that he did not carry a gun. He even raised his arms so the police won’t shoot him.”Fae said the officers even instructed some of the witnesses to stop taking videos and told others to delete their footage of the incident.
Human rights group Karapatan called the shooting of Ragos “an alarming and deplorable act of state violence that should be strongly condemned.”
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