The Army has ruled out foul play in the death of one of its soldiers and hinted at the possibility of suicide citing the trajectory of the bullet that apparently killed the victim.
This as the San Mateo police opened its own investigation into the death of Pfc. Christian Tapia, a member of the Army’s 80th Infantry Battalion.
The victim’s lifeless body was found lying on the curb of Timberland Ave. in Barangay Malanday, San Mateo, Rizal, on Thursday (Dec. 26).
But, according to Philippine Army 2nd Infantry Division spokesman Lt. Col. Jeffrex Molina, the Tapia’s death could not be linked to the communist insurgents.
“Base sa technical report of SOCO( scene of the crime operatives), particularly on the trajectory of the bullet, it entered through the right temple and exited at the left side of the head,” Molina explained.
