ARN News Centre

Philippines police investigate gruesome murder of teenage girl

Tuesday, 12 March 2019 15:11

Authorities in the Philippines have launched a search for three suspects in the brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl in Cebu province.

They've also announced a ₱100,000 (around AED 18,939) reward for any information about the suspects.

According to reports, the killers raped, stabbed and skinned the girl's face, before leaving her body in a vacant lot in Barangay Bangkal, Lapu-Lapu City on March 11.

Investigators said the student of Maribago High School had attended the evening service at the church before she was killed.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said only those under the influence of drugs could carry out such an inhumane crime.

More from International

SNP veteran Swinney set to be Scotland's new leader

Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney was elected as its new leader on Monday and is set to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland's first minister after he emerged as the sole contender in the contest to pick a new premier.
Israel strikes Rafah after evacuation order

Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.
Putin orders tactical nuclear weapon drills

Russia said on Monday it would practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of a military exercise after what Moscow said were threats from France, Britain, and the United States.
Death toll from Brazil rains climbs to 56

The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 83, local authorities said on Saturday morning, while dozens still have not been accounted for.
Ukraine drone attack kills 6, injures 35 in Russia's Belgorod

Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said on Monday.