Ombudsman lady prosecutor stabbed dead in Quezon City

June 4, 2018

An assistant special prosecutor of the Office of the Ombudsman was stabbed dead in Quezon City Monday morning, police said.

In a report, Madonna Joy Ednaco-Tanyag was stabbed several times by unknown attackers on 11:20 am in front of a Lotto outlet at 51 Visayas Avenue, Quezon City. She was rushed to the East Avenue Medical  Center by Barangay Kagawad Oliver Pascacio and another person.

Tanyag, 33, was declared dead at 12:04 pm by physician Julio Rafael Santos. News reports said she was five months pregnant.

In a statement, Ombusman Conchita Carpio Morales requested the Philippine National Police to "thoroughly investigate the case" of Tanyag's death and to "ensure the perpetrators are immediately caught."

"The Office ( of the Ombudsman) will no stone unturned in solving the case," it added. DMS