NPA rebels eyed in NegOr killing of village chief’s husband, son

DUMAGUETE CITY – Police investigators are eyeing the New Folks’s Military (NPA) — the armed wing of the Communist Social gathering of the Philippines (CPP) – because the group behind the killing of the husband and son of a village chairwoman in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental.

Lt. Col. Ruben Verbo, Jr., head of the Police Group Affairs and Growth Unit (PCADU) and public data officer of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Workplace (NOPPO), advised the Philippine Information Company on Thursday that the deliberate institution of a Philippine Military detachment within the space might need prompted the rebels to stage the assault.

On Wednesday night, 4 unidentified armed males barged into the residence of the Barangay Malangsa chief Beatriz Perater and shot Lucio, the husband, and their son, Tony, in her presence.

Each victims had been rushed to the Rural Well being Unit of Vallehermoso however they had been declared useless on arrival.

“Till now, the barangay captain continues to be traumatized and incoherent following the capturing of her household,” Verbo mentioned.

It was not instantly recognized why she was spared, Verbo added.

Investigation revealed that the village chief, in coordination with the native authorities unit, not too long ago participated within the cadastral survey of a bit of land for use by the 62nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Military for a detachment.

In the meantime, the police in Negros Oriental denounced the Vallehermoso capturing incident on its Fb web page.

Verbo mentioned primarily based on police investigation, the capturing of the daddy and son is just not thought of an election-related violent incident as a result of the barangay chairperson is just not looking for any native put up within the Might 9 polls.

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist group by the US, the European Union, the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

The Nationwide Democratic Entrance has been formally designated as a terrorist group by the Anti-Terrorism Council on June 23, 2021, citing it as “an integral and inseparable half” of the CPP-NPA created in April 1973. (PNA)