Fortun: Gunshot wounds in back raise questions over Toboso 'armed encounter'

NTF-ELCAC: No massacre in Toboso

The government’s anti-insurgency task force on Friday, May 8, pushed back against claims that the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental was a...

Fortun: Gunshot wounds in back raise questions over Toboso 'armed encounter'

Forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun said the bodies of those killed last month in Negros Occidental were so poorly handled that one was returned to the wrong family and some clothing ended up missing or mislabelled — lapses she says make it difficult to fully reconstruct what happened to the 19 who died. 

NTF-ELCAC – Wait for full evidence in Toboso encounter probe

• GILBERT P. BAYORAN Members of the PNP Scene Of the Crime Operatives scour evidences at the encounter site in Brgy. Salamanca, Toboso, Negros

Negros killings prompt bishop’s call for truth, warning against labelling victims | Asia

MANILA (LiCAS New): The killing of 19 people in Negros Occidental has prompted Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos to call for truth and accountability, as conflicting accounts continue to raise questions about the victims and the circumstances of the incident. In a reflection on the April 19 killings in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, the bishopCatholic News of the Week Asia

Forensic expert raises questions on Toboso killings

“Why were some of the gunshot wounds at the back if this was supposedly a confrontation?” MANILA – Initial findings on the autopsy of five of the bodies retrieved from Toboso, Negros Occidental raised more questions on what transpired on April 19 where 19 people were killed in a single military operation.  According to forensic pathologist expert Dr. Raquel Fortun, at least three of the five bodies suffered gunshot wounds in the head, the back a…