On Monday, one policeman was killed, and two others were injured when a Philippine National Police (PNP) helicopter crashed in Real, Quezon.
Police Brigadier General Roderick Augustus Alba identified the deceased as Police Patrolman Allen Noel Ona.
Meanwhile, the injured Police Lieutenant Colonels Michael Melloria and Dexter Vitug were taken to the hospital, according to the Real Municipal Police Station.
Another PNP personnel was on board the plane, but there was no information about his condition.
According to preliminary information, police personnel was aboard the PNP Airbus H125 helicopter RP-9710, leaving Manila Domestic Airport around 6:17 a.m. for an administrative mission.
The helicopter was reported missing hours after it took off.
At around 8:15 a.m., the Real MPS received information from the PNP Air Unit about a helicopter that crashed in Purok Mayaog, Barangay Pandan.
Real police, along with the Bureau of Fire Protection and Municipal Action Center (MAC), immediately went to the area.
Authorities found it challenging to deliver a report because there was no “signal” in the area, approximately 30 kilometers away from the town proper of Real.
The PNP national headquarters temporarily did not fly the H125 Airbus Police helicopters. At the same time, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, the Department of Transportation, and other agencies investigated the incident.
Lawyer shot dead in his office in Batangas
A lawyer running for councilor in Sto. Tomas City, Batangas, after he was shot in his office.
In a report by Andrew Bernardo on GMA Regional TV “Balitang Southern Tagalog” on Friday, the victim was identified as Atty. Reginald Michael Manito.
Two assailants shot Manito in his office in Barangay Poblacion this Thursday morning.
The victim’s mother said she did not know that her son had an enemy. She said the lawyer was kind and helpful, especially to the poor.
Authorities are still blank on the motive of the perpetrators in the murder of the victim.
Although running for councilor in the upcoming election, the victim’s mother does not believe that politics is why her son was killed.
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