- MANILA, Philippines: A Philippine police official says a special unit has been created to investigate the killing of an Italian missionary priest in the country’s south.
- Investigators are seeking possible eyewitnesses.
Chief Superintendent Lester Camba heads the special investigation group. He said Tuesday that it will ask permission from Catholic officials to conduct an autopsy on Rev. Fausto Tentorio’s remains in hopes of recovering bullet fragments to identify the firearm used and its owner.
A man shot Tentorio early Monday within the church compound in North Cotabato province’s Arakan township early Monday and fled on a motorcycle driven by an accomplice.
The 59-year-old Roman Catholic priest is a native of Santa Maria Hoe town in Italy’s Lecco province.