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What set him off?
“A soldier was arrested after he allegedly killed his comrade during a heated altercation in Barangay San Pascual, San Narciso, Zambales, police reported yesterday,” reports Franco Regala in Tempo.
The report noted: “Chief Inspector Chery Lou Donato, Police Regional Office 3 (PRO3) spokesperson, said Pfc. Marvin Marquez, 28, a member of the Army’s 24th Infantry Battalion (24th IB) in Fort Magsaysay, Barangay Militar, Palayan City, was cuffed for shooting Pfc. Alamar Laweng, 29, to death.”
According to witnesses, the incident took place at about 4:50pm on May 17. They could not say what caused the altercation between the two soldiers. Marquez voluntarily surrendered to authorities shortly after the shooting incident.
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