Top Police Official Suspended Over Handling Of Anti-Terrorist Operation

January 28 2015

Philippines

The head of an elite Philippine police force has been relieved from duty after a bloody police operation on Sunday, reports the Sun Star (Zamboanga, Philippines).

Getulio Napenas, chief superintendent of the Philippine national police-special action force (PNP-SAF), will be replaced by his deputy, Chief Superintendent Noly Talino, while an investigation takes place over the incident.

A board of inquiry will investigate the gun battle, in which 43 officers were killed and a...

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