{"id":260669,"date":"2020-07-07T03:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=260669"},"modified":"2020-07-07T03:22:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T07:22:52","slug":"nbi-to-probe-ambush-of-manila-senior-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/07\/nbi-to-probe-ambush-of-manila-senior-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"NBI to probe ambush of Manila senior prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_227101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-227101\" style=\"width: 3227px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-227101\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3227\" height=\"2160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016.jpg 3227w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3227px-WTMP_Team_Kampai_DSC_0016-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3227px) 100vw, 3227px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-227101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;We are shocked by the audacity of this attack. It highlights once again the grave peril that our prosecutors face each day in the discharge of their duties. I have ordered the NBI to immediately step in and investigate this murder,&#8221; Guevarra told reporters. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=14646300\">Photo By mark pedron (Wikipedia Takes Manila participant)\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the killing of Manila chief inquest prosecutor Jovencio Senados.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are shocked by the audacity of this attack. It highlights once again the grave peril that our prosecutors face each day in the discharge of their duties. I have ordered the NBI to immediately step in and investigate this murder,&#8221; Guevarra told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prosecutor General Benedictor Malcontento condemned &#8220;to the highest level&#8221; the killing of the 62-year-old prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will avail (of) all the resources of the DOJ (Department of Justice) to obtain justice,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>In its report, the Ermita Police Station 5 said Senados was onboard his red Toyota Yaris when armed men aboard a black sports utility vehicle (SUV) fired at him at the corner of Anakbayan St. and Quirino Avenue in Manila around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Senados&#8217; driver was unharmed.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation is underway to determine the motive and arrest those behind the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the killing of Manila &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":227101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-benjamin-pulta","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260671,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260669\/revisions\/260671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}