BOI starts 3-day probe in Mamapasano to meet end of month deadline

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The Philippine National Police (PNP) Board of Inquiry (BOI) embarked on a three-day mission to Mamasapano town in Maguindanao on Tuesday as part of the final phase of its ongoing investigation into the bloody Jan. 25 clash in the area that led to the killing of 44 elite police commandos.

The eight-person board led by its chair, Director Benjamin Magalong, left for Mamasapano at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday following a breakfast and coordination meeting at the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-South Cotabato provincial office in Koronadal City.