Four armed persons claiming to be New People’s Army rebels robbed a bank worker while the latter was conducting a meeting with some of his clients on Tuesday morning at a seaside town in Surigao del Sur, ng police reports said Thursday.
Reports from Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office reaching the police regional headquarters here Thursday, said that a certain Jundy Dadivas Entong, 25; a resident of Purk 4, San Teodoro, Bunawan in Agusan del Sur and a Development Officer of the People’s Bank of Caraga, located in San Francisco town of the same province was robbed by four armed unidentified persons on Tuesday at about 10:20a.m. in Purok 1, Brgy. Liatimco, Lianga in Surigao del Sur.
Initial investigation conducted by Lianga Police disclosed that while the victim was conducting a meeting with some of his clients at the aforementioned place, the four persons were armed with two .45 Caliber pistols, a .38 Caliber revolver and an AK 47 suddenly showed up at their meeting place and allegedly announced: “Mga NPA Mi, Way Labot Ang Mga Sibilyan ( We are NPAs, Civilians Were Not Among Our Targets)”. They went on to take the victim’s identification card, his cellular phone, the key and motorcycle of Entong.
Thereafter, the suspects fired some shots on air several times then fled away from the area using the victim’s carnapped motorcycle heading towards Sitio La Union of the said village. Ongoing investigation was conducted by Lianga Police for the possible identification and apprehension of the suspects.
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This incident is not characteristic of an NPA operation. Doesn't fit their normal modus operandi. Rarely hear of NPA robbing civilians in such a blatant fashion. Extortion in the form of "revolutionary taxes" levied against businesses/corporations is the group's normal fund raising activity.
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