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By Rey Anthony Chiu
PIA - Bohol

Was the “resisting” inmate killed not by a direct hit but by a ricochet? The question remains without an answer as authorities attempt to seal the rumors of overkill in the recent assault at Bohol's penitentiary.   

  Police crime laboratory authorities have yet to run full tests on the slugs recovered from the head of inmate Nilo Corbita to determine why these were badly mangled and who fired them.

  In his signed report, Police Regional Office –7 Crime Laboratory-7 chief PSSUpt Nestor Satur bared that “physical and microscopic examinations reveal the absence of the characteristic markings of value for comparison due to badly deformed condition of the slugs.” Bohol Police superintendent Edgardo Ingking read the report on air Friday. 

  The slug condition also makes it difficult for police crime labs people to determine from whose gun the bullets came, making it almost impossible to pinpoint who among the raiders shot the victim. 

  The crime lab head went on to theorize that the condition of the slug shows that it could have hit a hard object first before imbedding and killing the victim.   

  Reports also revealed that there were more than two bullets fired upon the alleged “resisting” inmate as shown by the bullet holes near the sprawled victim.

  The dead victim was still holding a .38 caliber pistol near his makeshift bed in the kitchen of the facility when authorities allowed media to the scene. 

  Crime lab and doctors from the Provincial Health Office recovered two equally badly deformed slugs from the dead victim, PNP Regional Crime lab said. 

  The victim, one of the “trustees” was tasked by the council of elders to prepare and cook for the inmates’ food, and it explains why he was not in his detention cell during the raid, BDRC spokesperson Antonieto Pernia said. 

  A “trustee” according to prison authorities is someone given privileges for good conduct. 

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