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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/06/11/fr-richmondnilo-061118.jpg"/><figcaption>Fr. Richmond Nilo</figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Police on Wednesday said it was hunting down 5 suspects in connection with the killing of Fr. Richmond Nilo in Nueva Ecija over the weekend. </p><p>Nilo was about to start Mass at a chapel in Zaragoza town when he was <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/05/17/pari-patay-sa-pamamaril-sa-nueva-ecija">shot dead</a> by unidentified assailants on Sunday. </p><p>Surveillance cameras caught on tape 2 motorcycle-riding suspects in a road near the chapel moments before the crime, Central Luzon police director Chief Supt. Amador Corpuz told reporters. </p><p>Another CCTV footage, he said, showed a third suspect who served as lookout on board a motorcycle while 2 more cohorts were seen inside the group&#x27;s getaway vehicle. </p><p>Corpuz said police are eyeing 3 possible motives behind Nilo&#x27;s murder: his alleged involvement in a land dispute, his assistance to rape victims, and his supposed criticism of other religious groups. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">PRO-3 Director C.Supt Amador Corpus: May 5 nang suspek na tinitingnan sa pagpatay kay Father Nilo sa Nueva Ecija | via <a href="https://twitter.com/dzmmPatrol44?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dzmmPatrol44</a> <a href="https://t.co/JAXgFqHACJ">pic.twitter.com/JAXgFqHACJ</a></p>— DZMM TeleRadyo (@DZMMTeleRadyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/DZMMTeleRadyo/status/1006773524210618369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 13, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Nilo was the third Catholic priest shot dead by unknown gunmen in the last 6 months.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/11/18/are-you-still-clapping-lingayen-clergy-slam-killing-of-nueva-ecija-priest">&#x27;Are you still clapping?&#x27; Lingayen clergy slam killing of Nueva Ecija priest</a></li></ul><p>Unidentified assailants gunned down 72-year-old <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/12/11/17/fr-paez-laid-to-rest-clergy-call-for-justice">Rev. Fr. Marcelito Paez</a> in Nueva Ecija last December, and Cagayan province&#x27;s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/18/pari-patay-nang-barilin-pagkatapos-ng-misa-sa-gattaran-cagayan">Rev. Fr. Mark Anthony Ventura</a> in April. </p><p>Malacañang has <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/18/palace-vows-justice-for-slain-catholic-priests">vowed to resolve the killings</a>, which it said had nothing to do with President Rodrigo Duterte&#x27;s tirades against the Catholic Church. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/22/16/duterte-calls-catholic-church-most-hypocritical-institution">Duterte calls Catholic Church &#x27;most hypocritical institution&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Sen. Risa Hontiveros has called for a legislative inquiry into the slays, noting a &quot;pattern&quot; in the incidents.</p><p>Filipino bishops have raised concern over Duterte&#x27;s anti-narcotics drive, which has seen some 4,200 drug suspects killed after allegedly resisting arrest. </p><div><strong>-- With a report from Henry Atuelan, ABS-CBN News </strong></div>

<p>Police on Wednesday said it was hunting down 5 suspects in connection with the killing of Fr. Richmond Nilo in Nueva Ecija over the weekend. </p>

Police on Wednesday said it was hunting down 5 suspects in connection with the killing of Fr. Richmond Nilo in Nueva Ecija over the weekend.