Sen. Imee Marcos says NBI confidential agent arrested after Senate shooting

An alleged confidential agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) was arrested after the shooting incident at the Senate on Wednesday evening, Senator Imee Marcos said.

According to a report on “State of the Nation,” Marcos said the alleged NBI personnel was apprehended after retrieving a tactical bag that was left at the staircase of the Senate’s second floor, where the gunshots were heard.

The senator did not mention the identity of the supposed NBI confidential agent and who made the arrest.

Marcos claimed that the agent named his boss as a certain “Atty. Bomediano” of the NBI’s Organized and Transnational Crime Division (NBI-OTCD).

The supposed confidential agent said his boss was the one who allegedly ordered the apprehension of Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who is facing an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his alleged role in the war on illegal drugs.

READ: Marcos denies order to arrest Bato Dela Rosa, says no gov’t role in Senate shooting

The senator urged Bomediano to explain Wednesday night’s tense situation at the Senate, which was placed on lockdown before gunshots rang out at the building’s second floor.

GMA News is still reaching out to the NBI for comment, although the agency earlier said it did not deploy any gents to the Senate. — JMA, GMA News