3,475 cases vs. nabbed homicide suspects so far filed, PNP says

 A total 3,475 criminal charges have so far been filed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) against arrested suspects allegedly involved homicide cases since the start of the Duterte administration last year.

PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. Dionardo Carlos said Wednesday that 2,654 more criminal charges have been filed against identified suspects in slay cases but remain at-large and are now the subject of manhunt operations.

These were part of the 6,129 killing incidents investigated and resolved by the PNP from July 1, 2016 to September 15, 2017.

He said none of the suspects were members of the PNP.

Carlos also clarified that the homicide cases does not include those killed in police operations.

Police operations

He said 3,850 drug suspects died in police operations in the same period.

He added that 85 police and soldiers have been killed in these operations while 204 have been critically wounded.

Senior Superintendent Adelio Benjamin Castillo, chief of Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management-Case Monitoring Division, earlier said they have recorded 15,911 homicide cases since President Rodrigo Duterte took office last year.

Of that number, they have 6,129 resolved cases and of which 5,731 were found to be non-drug related homicides while only 398 or 6.49 percent were drug-related.

Citing data generated from the Crime Incident Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS) of the DIDM, Castillo said the 5,731 non-drug-related homicides stemmed from various motives and circumstances such as arguments and misunderstanding, personal grudge, land dispute, love triangle, family dispute or “Rido”, atrocities by threat groups, business rivalry, road rage unpaid debt, indiscriminate firing and revenge.

He added 9,782 homicide cases were still under investigation and focus of extensive follow-up operations by the different PNP units.