Benigno Servillano “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr. (November 27, 1932 – August 21, 1983) was a Philippine Senator, Governor of Tarlac, and an opposition leader against President Ferdinand Marcos. He was assassinated at the Manila International Airport (later renamed in his honor) upon returning home from exile in the United States. His death catapulted his widow, Corazon Aquino, to the limelight and subsequently to the presidency, replacing the 20-year Marcos regime. In 2004, the anniversary of his death was proclaimed as a national holiday now known as Ninoy Aquino Day.
Despite a convoy of security guards (all assigned to him by the Marcos government), a contingent of 1,200 military and police personnel on the tarmac, three armed bodyguards personally escorting him, and a bulletproof vest Aquino was wearing, Aquino was fatally shot in the head as he was escorted off the airplane. From the airplane, aviation security personnel were seen firing into the body of an unknown man dressed in blue, who was identified as Rolando Galman. Aquino’s body was quickly loaded into a van and sped away.
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..from the autopsy of Ninoy Aquino, it was found out that the bullet enters from the back of his head and exit near his chin. He was walking down the staircase, the angle of the bullet is downward, or specifically slanted, obviously because the Gunman was walking behind him.
Galman was not from the inside of the Plane, he was from somewhere else outside, he was positioned below the place where Ninoy was walking. It is possible that Galman was put there as a decoy, they will shoot him after Ninoy was assasinated to make it look like that it was him who shoot Ninoy. It is impossible that Galman just infiltrate the airport, with 1000+ security around it, he won’t stand a chance, unless someone put him there, or someone that has control over those security let him pass. Now the question is, why do they need decoy? Are they protecting the real gunman? It is known that personal securities were sent to escort Ninoy that day. It is possible that it is one of them.
One mystery is that not many saw how he was shot. So possibly the gunman positioned the gun which it isn’t obvious for everyone. He might have something to conceal the gun from the sight of those around him. The plane is crowded, it would be easy if he is using a handgun.
There are still many questions, it is also possible that not all the guards who escorted him knew about the assassination plot.
it can't be galman
there are two groups of soldiers who accompanied Aquino, one group in charge of protecting him & the other group in charge of assasinating him, what is the role of Galman here then. . . .was he used so to blame him to be the killer?