CABANATUAN CITY: Nueva Ecija police have created a special task force to investigate the killing of Roman Catholic priest Father Marcelito “Tito” Paez on Monday night in Jaen town.

Senior Supt. Eliseo Tanding, provincial police director, said they have beefed up evidence gathering to unmask the perpetrators as witnesses said Paez was repeatedly shot by the gunmen even as he introduced himself as a priest.

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