Trillanes Challenges Pinoy Netizen Who Used His Photo for Target Shooting

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Sunday, March 18 challenged a Filipino netizen to any kind of fight. This is after the Liberal Party (LP) ally senator, who is still in Vienna, Austria saw a photo of him on Facebook that was used for target shooting. The said photo of his face was hung on a tree and has a lot of holes on it, suggesting that it was intentional.

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“Alam mo, ayaw ko na sana pansinin ang mga ganyan. Sanay naman tayo sa mga bashers at trolls na walang ginawa kundi bumunganga lang gaya ng mama sa Malakanyang. Kaso, pag ganito na parang nananakot na, ibang usapan na yan. Paano kung makita yan ng mga anak ko? Trillanes told Filipino reporters who followed him in Vienna.

(You know, I really want to ignore such things. I am used to bashers and trolls who do nothing but just talk like the man in Malacanang. But then, if someone appears to threaten me, it’s another thing. What if my children see it?)

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“Ngayon, kung talagang lalaki siya, magpakilala siya at kahit saan at kahit anong laban, lalabanan ko siya. Pero kung tulad lang siya nung kilala natin na pag iniimbestigahan na tapos biglang magwi-withdraw, ibig sabihin lang nun, duwag siya.” The soldier turned politician added, and just smiled as if he is not scared with the threat.

(Now, if he is really a man, he would introduce himself and anywhere and any kind of fight, I will fight him. But if he’s like the man we know who suddenly withdrew when he is being investigated, it only means that he is coward.)



Trillanes, a staunch critic of President Duterte, went to Austria last March 15 to attend a crime and drugs conference at the United Nation (UN) office in Vienna. There, he talked about the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) in the country’s war on drugs. As of posting, the name of netizen who posted Trillanes’ photo as target for shooting remains unknown.

Contributed by Renato Pasayao