Warning: this is a graphic on-ground footage of the fatal shooting incident in Pasong Putik yesterday, currently circulating on Facebook.

After the police shot the victim twice, a nearby resident can be heard screaming: “Bakit niyo binaril, sir? Dapat kinapkapan niyo muna!”

An alleged copy of the police report of the incident states that the police recovered a loaded revolver from the victim’s sling bag. Witnesses cited by CNN’s report, however, claim that the victim had no firearms. The victim’s sister also reiterated this in a GMA News interview.

Last April 17, United Nations special rapporteurs reminded governments that “[b]reaking a curfew, or any restriction on freedom of movement, cannot justify resorting to excessive use of force by the police; under no circumstances should it lead to the use of lethal force.”

The president’s marching orders on dealing with quarantine “violators” is “shoot them dead,” along with threats of a martial law-like military and police takeover.

The victim is a retired military personnel suffering from mental disorders. His last assignment was in Marawi.

The very fact that the victim is a retired military personnel means that even the pawns of the state’s repressive apparatuses are not safe from the brutal attacks of the fascist state.