Cops eye personal grudge as motive behind radio broadaster’s murder


MANILA: Three separate government investigations have begun into the case of radio broadcaster Juan “DJ Johnny Walker” Jumalon (pic), whose murder was captured in a Facebook livestream of his programme that was aired from a studio inside his house in Calamba, Misamis Occidental province, on Sunday (Nov 5) morning.

“The National Bureau of Investigation is on the case already,” Department of Justice spokesperson Mico Clavano said in a message to reporters on Monday, explaining that the bureau had received some information immediately after the killing and was now following leads to find the gunman.

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