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Matobato faces frustrated murder rap for 2014 hit

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<p>DIGOS CITY – A frustrated murder complaint was filed here on Friday against Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who linked President Rodrigo Duterte to vigilante killings.</p><p>Matobato&#x27;s accuser is lawyer Abeto Salcedo, who accused the hitman of trying to kill him in 2014. Salcedo filed the complaint before the Digos City Prosecutor&#x27;s Office.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/focus/09/16/16/who-is-edgar-matobato">READ: Who is Edgar Matobato?</a></li></ul><p>Salcedo, a retired agrarian reform adjudicator, said he saw Matobato and several others attack him on the Digos City-Davao del Sur National Highway.</p><p>&quot;I knew it was him because while he was shooting at me, I really saw his face because it was so close,&quot; Salcedo said, adding Matobato was positioned just outside his car.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/9/22/sketch-salcedo-case.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Artist&#x27;s sketch of the suspect in the 2014 attack against lawyer Abeto Salcedo Jr. <em>Bali Ling, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Prosecutors have 50 days to decide whether there is enough evidence to charge Matobato in court.</p>

<p>A frustrated murder complaint was filed here on Friday against Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who linked President Rodrigo Duterte to vigilante killings..</p>

A frustrated murder complaint was filed here on Friday against Edgar Matobato, a self-confessed hitman who linked President Rodrigo Duterte to vigilante killings..