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Local government officials and policemen offer flowers and prayers and lit candles at the place where the body of the slain female tourist was discovered.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TWO \u201cpersons of interest\u201d in the rape-slaying of a 23-year-old female tourist from Slovenia in Boracay Island are now under police custody.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Authorities said the suspects were arrested in an anti-illegal drug operations.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The duo are undergoing questioning for their involvement in the rape-killing of Michaela Mickova.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n An examination conducted by the PNP Forensic Group showed that the victim from Slovenia was also sexually abused.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The victim\u2019s body was discovered by local residents<\/strong><\/strong> around 2:19 p.m. last March 12 in an old chapel at Zone 3, Sitio Pinaungon in Bgy. Balabag , Malay, Aklan.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She was lying supine, with her legs spread, underwear missing and her upper clothing rolled up when found.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her real cause of death is still to be released by the local police.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n An investigation showed that Mickova arrived in the world-famous island last March 1 to attend the wedding of a Filipina friend and her foreign fianc\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A report from the Police Regional Office 6 said that the Slovenian was forced to travel to the country alone after her Egyptian boyfriend, who happened to be a friend of the groom, failed to get his Philippine visa on time.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The victim\u2019s Filipina friend reported her missing last March 10 after failing to contact her several times.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The friend also offered a P50,000 reward for any information that would lead to Mickovas\u2019 whereabouts.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police said the victim met the suspects in the island.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Probers are looking into robbery and rape as possible motives forthe killing.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, police assured the public that the incident is an isolated case. They said Boracay Island remains a safe and secure destination.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Local government officials and policemen offer flowers and prayers and lit candles at the place where the body of the slain female tourist was discovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12524,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521\/revisions\/12524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}