The Assassination of Ninoy Aquino

On August 21, 1983, while on his way to Manila, Aquino was accompanied by several foreign journalists to ensure his safety or, at the very least, to record events for posterity in case rumors of a planned assassination proved to be true on China Airlines Flight 811. Despite a convoy of security guards (all assigned to him by the Marcos government) and a contingent of 2,000 military and police personnel on the tarmac, Aquino was fatally shot in the head as he was escorted off the airplane. Government investigators claimed that he was gunned down by Rolando Galman, who was immediately shot dead by the aviation security. No one actually identified who pulled the trigger, but Rebecca Quijano, another passenger, testified that she saw a man behind Aquino (on the stairs) point a gun at the back of his head, then there was the sound of a gunshot. A post-mortem analysis disclosed that Aquino was shot in the back of the head at close range with the bullet exiting at the chin at an angle which supported Quijano's testimony. Even more suspicions were aroused when Quijano described the assassin as wearing a military uniform.

The government claimed that Aquino was killed by a Communist hitman. However, politicians and diplomats found evident contradictions between the claim and the photos and the videotape footage that documented the time before and after the shooting. The footage had circulated throughout the Philippines at that time.

Aquino's funeral procession on August 31 lasted from 9 a.m.--with a funeral mass officiated by the Catholic archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, and held at Santo Domingo Church--to 9 p.m., when his body was interred at the Manila Memorial Park. Two million people lined the streets during the procession which was aired by the Church-sponsored Radio Veritas, the only station that covered the procession. The procession reached Rizal Park, where the Philippine flag was brought to half-staff.

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[FarckyLurky]

HOY MGA HATER NG PAMILYA AQUINO!!! MULTUHIN SANA KAYO NINA NINOY AT CORY!!

[QueenJamesXXIII]

DAPAT LANG PATAYIN LAHAT NG KOMUNISTA SA BUONG MUNDO. PAMILYANG AQUINO, PAMILYA NG MGA SIRA ULO. SALAMAT SA EDSA REVOLUTION AT PWEDE NA UMIHI ANG MGA LALAKI SA PADER, DUMURA KUNG SAAN SAAN, MAGLAKAD NG WALANG SUOT PANTAAS ANG MGA LALAKI AT PWEDENG PWEDE NA DIN MAG-INUMAN SA LANSANGAN. SALAMAT SA MGA AQUINO MALAYA NA ANG BANSANG PILIPINAS SA DISIPLINA. TALAGANG IT'S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES..

[gerardarcamo]

@wObbLE0695 Exactly how did he killed himself?????

[wObbLE0695]

tangina nyo mga aquino, marcos didnt kill ninoy, you killed yourself ninoy! you knew you were gonna die and marcos is not dumb enough to kill you with millions of people watching!! WHAT HE DID WAS CALLED NEPOTISM!! aquino and nepotism! ninoy wanted to die because people would call him hero and marcos would be kicked out but you know what LOOK AT THE PHILIPPINES NOW! WE FELL, WHEN MARCOS WAS IN CHARGE WE WERE THE SECOND RICHEST NATION IN ASIA AND NOW LOOK AT US!! research more and believe me

[asdfghp1111]

@asdfghp1111 of the problem they're facing.

[asdfghp1111]

@MrPnokz21 i will certainly protest or demonstrate and hope that the pressure that i put on the government, (global media coverage which slenders our country or damages caused by demonstrators) is enough to force

it to quit and/or adopt a more democratic regime. However, most of the time, it's hard for a people to achieve such a big thing, either because they don't have the power, since their efforts will be stopped by the authorities, or because they don't fully realise the size