House seeks probe of defective helmets

The death of a government soldier from a gunshot wound on his head despite having a helmet on has prompted the House Minority bloc to push for a probe on the alleged defective helmets used by the government soldiers.

In a still unnumbered House Resolution authored by Rep. Rodolfo Albano 3rd, the Lower Chamber’s opposition lawmakers tasked the House Committee on National Defense to kickstart the probe after the death of First Lt. Francis Damian who was killed when a high-velocity bullet pierced his helmet and hit him in the middle of his forehead during the state troops’ encounter with the Moro Na-tional Liberation Front in Zamboanga City.