A Catholic prelate said there is a dangerous virus which has already infected millions of people in the country.
Kalookan Bishop Pablo David said the virus, which spreads faster than the corona virus, is the virus of “indifference.”
“We are paranoid about the coronavirus that has hardly infected a single Filipino, but we don’t even seem to care about this virus of indifference that has killed thousands already,” he said in a Facebook post.
“Symptoms include a deadened conscience that is silently convinced that extrajudicial killing is probably the most effective solution to the problems of criminality and illegal drugs in our country,” added David.
Even the mainstream media, he said have stopped featuring victims in the news.
“The latest cases are immediately treated as stale news if they are drug related. How can they be newsworthy if they are ‘more of the same’?” David said.
According to the prelate, the killings still continue in his diocese.
The latest victim, David said a 37-year-old male in Caloocan which was killed by motorcycle gunmen in Caloocan City, Monday morning.
He said a day before, a man was also shot and killed on Samaral St. near Sabalo St. in Brgy. 8, Caloocan City.
“The victim seems to have been bound and brought to the area and executed in the dark isolated street,” said David.
Just last week, he said when he did a pastoral visit at the Birhen ng Lujan Parish, he was able to drop by the wake of one of the EJK victims in Bagong Barrio.
“I spoke with a family member who said there were actually five of them who had been gunned down by a group of men who had their faces covered with masks and were wearing bulletproof vests. Two of them died instantly. The other three were rushed to the hospital,” David said.
“The killers are busy again, prowling like predators in our communities. Please pray for the families of victims,” he added. (Leslie Ann Aquino)
