THE National Bureau of Investigation has been directed to investigate the circumstances behind the attack against a Surigao City Prosecutor and possible relation to the killing of a former judge.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II ordered the NBI to probe the attack against City Prosecutor Manuel Navarro Tesioma, 47, who was shot outside his home on Monday morning, four days after a retired judge was killed in the same city.
Tesioma was shot in the chest, neck and back by a motorcycle-riding gunman.
According to Aguirre, 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,” Aguirre said.
Tesioma is the third prosecutor 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 close range while outside a restaurant along Commonwealth Avenue.
