Part of the Philippine Drug War | |
Date | July 30, 2017 |
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Time | 02:30 (PST) |
Location | Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines |
Type | Police raid |
Deaths | 16[note 1] |
Arrests | |
Charges | Violation of Sec 11, R.A. 9165; Sec 21, R.A. 10591 and Sec. 3-A, R.A. 9516[5] |
At dawn of Sunday, July 30, 2017, Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and the Ozamiz City police conducted a simultaneous raid in the house of the Parojinogs in Ozamiz and other associated properties, leaving 15 persons killed, including incumbent Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and his wife. Another member of the Parojinog family died in the hospital three days after the raid. Parojinog is the third mayor to be killed during the course of country's war on drugs after Rolando Espinosa of Albuera, Leyte eight months prior[6] and Samsudin Dimaukom of Datu Saudi-Ampatuan, Maguindanao nine months prior.[7]
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