'Hear the version of the dead': Fortun autopsies 5 of Negros 19

MANILA, Philippines — Raquel Fortun, one of the country’s most recognized forensic pathologists, said Thursday that she conducted an autopsy on five of the 19 people who were killed by Army troops in Negros Occidental last month, confirming that she did not find any indication that they were shot at close range. According to Fortun, the families of two females and three males requested her to do the autopsies as an independent nongovernment forensic examiner as controversy surrounded the April 19 clash between Army soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels that resulted in one of the biggest number of […]...

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