ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 10, 2014) – Police on Monday said it arrested the prime suspect in the killing of a judge in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said Mohamad Alkhalidz Amisali was arrested at Sunrise Drive in Talon-Talon village. He said three witnesses have identified Amisali as one of two alleged gunman who attacked Judge Reynerio Estacio, of the Regional Trial Court Branch 14.
“The suspect was positively identified and pinpointed by three witnesses as the very person who shot and killed Judge Reynerio Estacio,” Huesca said.
He said Estacio was driving his car with his wife Teresita on their way to work when the gunmen ambushed the judge in Tugbungan village. Estacio was rushed to hospital, but died along the way.
Estacio had held various high profile criminal cases in Zamboanga – from murders to drugs to politics, among others – and was even cited by the government for his convictions of human traffickers.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines condemned the murder of Estacio. Gun attacks are not uncommon in Zamboanga and among its victims were lawyers, traders and even journalists. (Mindanao Exminer)
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