TUGUEGARAO CITY – A police officer was killed
in an attack by unidentified assailants who barged into his restaurant in
Lasam, Cagayan night of Dec. 5.
Senior Police Officer
1 Ronel Saturno was in the kitchen when the armed men arrived at the
establishment located at La Verna Resort in Barangay Centro at around 7 p.m.
The men reportedly
looked for Saturno, claiming they were there to kill him, according to Chief
Insp. RamilAlipio, town police chief.
Sensing trouble,
Saturno came out from the kitchen but was shot by the armed men.
Saturno, who was
assigned to the Saguday police station, was named as one of Cagayan Valley’s 10
outstanding policemen in 2011.
He was among 11
officers charged by the National Bureau of Investigation with obstruction of
justice for preventing NBI agents from transporting a jueteng operator. –
Raymund Catindig
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