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Matobato faces frustrated murder rap for 2014 hit
Matobato faces frustrated murder rap for 2014 hit
ABS-CBN News
Published Sep 23, 2016 12:58 PM PHT
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Updated Sep 23, 2016 01:22 PM PHT
DIGOS CITY – A frustrated murder complaint was filed here on Friday against Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who linked President Rodrigo Duterte to vigilante killings.
DIGOS CITY – A frustrated murder complaint was filed here on Friday against Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who linked President Rodrigo Duterte to vigilante killings.
Matobato's accuser is lawyer Abeto Salcedo, who accused the hitman of trying to kill him in 2014. Salcedo filed the complaint before the Digos City Prosecutor's Office.
Matobato's accuser is lawyer Abeto Salcedo, who accused the hitman of trying to kill him in 2014. Salcedo filed the complaint before the Digos City Prosecutor's Office.
Salcedo, a retired agrarian reform adjudicator, said he saw Matobato and several others attack him on the Digos City-Davao del Sur National Highway.
Salcedo, a retired agrarian reform adjudicator, said he saw Matobato and several others attack him on the Digos City-Davao del Sur National Highway.
"I knew it was him because while he was shooting at me, I really saw his face because it was so close," Salcedo said, adding Matobato was positioned just outside his car.
"I knew it was him because while he was shooting at me, I really saw his face because it was so close," Salcedo said, adding Matobato was positioned just outside his car.
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Prosecutors have 50 days to decide whether there is enough evidence to charge Matobato in court.
Prosecutors have 50 days to decide whether there is enough evidence to charge Matobato in court.
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