Underage suspect in Cebu teen slay arrested

Government agents arrested over the weekend the "principal suspect" in the brutal killing of 16-year-old Christine Silawan in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, according to a report by Super Radyo Cebu's Guamitos Logroño on Dobol B sa News TV on Monday.

The suspect, aged 17, was arrested Saturday night by agents from the National Bureau of Investigation-Region VII.

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The arrest was confirmed by Philippine National Police Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7) chief Police Brigadier General Debold Sinas.

Police had earlier arrested a certain Jonas Bueno in Davao City but had to clear him after investigation showed that he has no direct link with Silawan's murder.

Silawan was found dead in a vacant lot in Cebu last week, with her throat slit, her face skinned, and her body stabbed several times. —KBK, GMA News