The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday said it has leads in the killing of broadcaster Noel Samar.
Samar was ambushed on Monday in Guinobatan town, sustaining gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. He died Tuesday afternoon.
‘Our investigators from the Albay Provincial Police Office are already pursuing several leads,’ Acting PNP Chief Lt. Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said in a statement, without expounding on the leads.
‘We are expediting the process, but we also want to ensure that the evidence gathered will stand in court,’ he added.
The top cop also said the police have begun taking statements from witnesses, reviewing security footage, and conducting forensic and ballistic examinations.
Nartatez added that the Presidential Task Force on Media Security met with reporters at the Police Regional Office Bicol’s headquarters in Camp Simeon Ola in Legazpi City, Albay, in a bid for stronger ties between the media and law enforcement in the wake of Samar’s ambush. /mcm/abc