Suspected rebels burn 2 backhoes in Davao City

From InterAksyon (Mar 22): Suspected rebels burn 2 backhoes in Davao City

Two suspected communist rebels entered the compound of a construction company in Davao City and torched two backhoes Thursday night, police said.

Davao police chief Senior Superintendent Ronald dela Rosa said the suspects, who were riding a motorcycle, arrived at the Jameetrix Construction Company, owned by Allan Zamora, in front of the cockpit along the Diversion Road in Barangay Panacan, Buhanginan district around 7:45 p.m.

“Nagulantang na lamang itong si Leonardo Ondaloc, caretaker, na natutulog noon sa loob ng backhoe nang mangamoy krudo ang paligid. ‘Yun pala binibuhusan na ng krudo kaya nagkumahog siyang bumaba. Nagpakilala ang dalawa sa kanya na NPA (The caretaker, Leonardo Ondaloc, who was lseeping in a backhoe, was surprised when he smelled crude oil. He quickly went down when he realized that the oil was being poured on the equipment. The two introduced themselves as members of the New People’s Army),” Dela Rosa said.

He said the arson was triggered by Zamora to pay the so-called “revolutionary tax” demanded by the rebels.

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