25/06/21

The deputy prosecutor of Ilagan, Isabela was killed in a gun attack in Conner, Apayao on Wednesday.
Victor Begtang Jr. was repairing his vehicle in a residential compound in Barangay Malama when an unidentified man opened fire at around 2:30 p.m., Lt. Carolyn Domyong, Conner police chief, said.
Witnesses said the gunman escaped on a motorcycle driven by his cohort who waited for him along the highway.
Begtang suffered four gunshot wounds in various parts of the body. He died while being treated at the Conner District Hospital.
Probers have yet to determine the motive for the killing.
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)-North Luzon chapter condemned the killing of Begtang, whom they described as a dedicated prosecutor in the province.
The IBP called on the police to immediately solve the case
https://www.manilatimes.net/2021/06/26/news/regions/prosecutor-shot-dead-in-apayao/1804631
N.B.:
That makes 64 lawyers killed; the data is here:
Summary of violent attacks
There have been 101 violent attacks against Filipino lawyers (81) legal workers and paralegals {20) under the Duterte regime, July 1, 2016 to 26 June 2021. As a result:
64 lawyers have been killed, while 17 survived (10 attorneys, 3 judges, 4 prosecutors).
17 legal workers and human rights paralegals have been killed while 3 paralegals survived.
Categories of those killed:
Lawyers:
46 Attorneys
8 Judges
10 Prosecutors
64 killed 17 survivors
Law Workers:
16 Paralegals
1 Clerk of a Regional Trial Court
17 killed 3 survivors
Total 81 killed 20 survivors