(Eagle News)– Mandaluyong City Mayor Carmelita Abalos on Friday ordered the preventive suspension of barangay tanods in the misencounter in Mandaluyong that left two people dead. Abalos also questioned why the tanod were even armed in the first place. “Their duty is not to fire shots to anyone but to immediately report the incident to police officers for the conduct of an immediate and legitimate police operation,” she said, ordering the confiscation of the firearms. […]
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UPDATED: Mandaluyong police chief, several others sacked over “misencounter” that left two dead, others injured
(Eagle News)– The chief of police of Mandaluyong and several other policemen have been relieved over a “misencounter” that left two people dead and two others in critical condition. National Capital Region Police Office chief Oscar Albayalde said Senior Superintendent Moises Villaceran Jr and 10 other policemen from the Police Community Precinct 1 have been sacked after they shot at a vehicle, a Mitsubishi Adventure, they thought carried suspects in another shooting incident in the city. […]





