Army: Soldiers, not cops, in CCTV footage in aftermath of Sulu incident

Based on the footage, the responding team was checking the bodies of the slain soldiers. One even took something out of the SUV as he checked the driver’s seat.

The soldiers were checking if any of the troops were still alive, Zagala said. The one who opened the door of the vehicle’s front seat was the brother of the slain driver, Cpl. Abdal Asula. “He knew his brother was the driver so he secured his belongings. It was a natural instinct… We can’t blame him, he just wanted to attend to his brother,” Zagala said.Zagala acknowledged that there may be lapses on how the soldiers responded.The soldiers who responded also secured the sensitive equipment of the intel operators.

The intel agents, who were in plainclothes, were on a mission to go after two suspected suicide bombers from the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group when they were flagged down by cops in Brgy. Bus-Bus in Jolo. Based on the account of the military, the Army soldiers had identified themselves to the policemen but still ended up being shot by the policemen when one of the officers alighted, unarmed, from the SUV they were riding in.

FMangosingINQ It is irresponsible for the news agencies to create confusion when the PNP already confessed that they were not sure whom they were shooting at. There are police uniforms looking like the army. We see the PNP wearing the same looking uniforms all over the country.

FMangosingINQ Still that doesn't justify of police shooting the soldiers.

FMangosingINQ So the cops who shot them fled the scene and just left the dead soldiers sprawled like that Damn!

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