ZAMBOANGA CITY — A police officer from Manila, who was among the alleged rogue cops assigned to Mindanao, was shot dead in Isabela City, Basilan Wednesday.
Killed was Senior Insp. Aristoedes Miranda, deputy chief for police community relations of the Task Force Basilan, said Supt. Restituto Pangusban, Isabela City police chief.
Pangusban said Miranda was shot and killed around 5:35 a.m. Wednesday along Rizal Avenue, Barangay Aguada, Isabela City.
Miranda was having an early morning jog, his daily routine, when shot by a lone gunman with a caliber .45 pistol.
He said Miranda, native of Quiapo, Manila City, succumbed to a gunshot wound in the head which caused his instantaneous dead.
Miranda was among the more than 50 policemen from the National Capital Region who were assigned to Basilan province last year after they were implicated in illegal drug activities, the police official added.
He said all possible motives in Miranda’s slay are being looked into. (PNA)
