NPA rebels execute fisherman in front of village chapel

From the Daily Tribune (Apr 27): NPA rebels execute fisherman in front of village chapel

New People’s Army (NPA) members peppered a fishermen with bullets before other village residents in front of their chapel in Barangay San Agustin, Aroroy, Masbate, Friday, a police report yesterday said.

The report said victim Dante Bulanon, 45 and married, was eating lunch with his family at about 11:30 a.m. when 10 armed young rebels suddenly barged in, tied him, brought him in front of the chapel where there were many other villagers and shot him dead.

The rebels then casually walked away and left Bulanon’s dead body sprawled on the street.

Police said the rebels suspected the victim of giving information to the military and the police about their activities in the area.

Meanwhile in Davao City, troopers from the 84th Infantry Battalion shot and killed a New People’s Army (NPA) fighter during an encounter at Sitio Pamara, Barangay Sibulan, Toril District yesterday morning.

In the same clash, three rebel weapons were captured.

1st Lt. Vergel Lacambra, 10th Infantry Division spokesman, said their soldiers were conducting routine security patrols when they chanced upon 30 NPA fighters on an extortion mission at 8: 20 a.m.

In the issuing 20-minute firefight, a rebel was killed while two M-16 automatic rifles and one M-16 with an M-203 grenade launcher was captured.

The NPAs quickly retreated after seeing one of their men fell.

In the encounter, four government troopers were wounded and evacuated to Panacan Station Hospital for treatment.         

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