On his knees, Larry Embac pleaded with his executioners in the middle of the road Sunday to spare his life and allow him to lead a normal life after years of fighting the government as a New People’s Army (NPA) combatant.
But the five gunmen would not hear of it and proceeded to pump the 49-year-old resident of Barangay Labuo, President Roxas in North Cotabato with a hail of gunfire, killing him instantly in full view of horrified villagers under the searing afternoon sun.
With the execution of a former comrade done, the gunmen declared to the crowd: “We are NPAs!”
The military here has condemned the NPA for the execution of Embac which it described as “barbaric and very inhuman.”
Col. Noel Clement, 602nd Infantry Brigade commander, said the attack clearly showed that the ruthlessness of the leftist armed group.
Sr. Insp. Romy Castanares, President Roxas police chief, said Embac was whiling away his time, sitting at a waiting shed when the suspects arrived.
Embac knew the five men were NPAs since they were in the same platoon of communist rebels operating in the mountains of North Cotabato.
Gut feel told him that he was going to be a target of liquidation so he ran and sought cover in the house of a certain Emma Villasor, also in the same village.
But the gunmen chased after him and dragged Embac out of the house of Villasor.
In the middle of the road, the five gunmen took turns at firing at Embac who was last seen begging for his life, pleading with his executioners to just let him lead a normal life.
The victim had multiple gunshot wounds in various parts of his body and died on the spot.
Scene of the Crime Operatives of the Pres. Roxas PNP recovered 15 empty shells for 9 mm pistol and cal. 45 pistol.
Police probers could only theorize that the motive in the murder of Embac was to liquidate him for surrendering to authorities and turning his back on the communist movement.
Castanares also believed that the NPA killed Embac to prevent him for providing the military with revolutionary information and the plans it will launch against goverment forces in Pres. Roxas.
The attackers chanted “We are NPAs” after they executed Embac.
Early last year, communist guerillas tried but failed to over-run the President Roxas police station in an early morning attack.
Outnumbered but determined policemen repulsed the attack and also killed three communist guerillas.
Pres. Roxas is among the towns in North Cotabato infiltrated by NPAs operating around and near the country’s highest peak
http://www.mb.com.ph/afp-condemns-execution-style-slay-of-npa-surrenderee-in-cotabato/
But the five gunmen would not hear of it and proceeded to pump the 49-year-old resident of Barangay Labuo, President Roxas in North Cotabato with a hail of gunfire, killing him instantly in full view of horrified villagers under the searing afternoon sun.
With the execution of a former comrade done, the gunmen declared to the crowd: “We are NPAs!”
The military here has condemned the NPA for the execution of Embac which it described as “barbaric and very inhuman.”
Col. Noel Clement, 602nd Infantry Brigade commander, said the attack clearly showed that the ruthlessness of the leftist armed group.
Sr. Insp. Romy Castanares, President Roxas police chief, said Embac was whiling away his time, sitting at a waiting shed when the suspects arrived.
Embac knew the five men were NPAs since they were in the same platoon of communist rebels operating in the mountains of North Cotabato.
Gut feel told him that he was going to be a target of liquidation so he ran and sought cover in the house of a certain Emma Villasor, also in the same village.
But the gunmen chased after him and dragged Embac out of the house of Villasor.
In the middle of the road, the five gunmen took turns at firing at Embac who was last seen begging for his life, pleading with his executioners to just let him lead a normal life.
The victim had multiple gunshot wounds in various parts of his body and died on the spot.
Scene of the Crime Operatives of the Pres. Roxas PNP recovered 15 empty shells for 9 mm pistol and cal. 45 pistol.
Police probers could only theorize that the motive in the murder of Embac was to liquidate him for surrendering to authorities and turning his back on the communist movement.
Castanares also believed that the NPA killed Embac to prevent him for providing the military with revolutionary information and the plans it will launch against goverment forces in Pres. Roxas.
The attackers chanted “We are NPAs” after they executed Embac.
Early last year, communist guerillas tried but failed to over-run the President Roxas police station in an early morning attack.
Outnumbered but determined policemen repulsed the attack and also killed three communist guerillas.
Pres. Roxas is among the towns in North Cotabato infiltrated by NPAs operating around and near the country’s highest peak
http://www.mb.com.ph/afp-condemns-execution-style-slay-of-npa-surrenderee-in-cotabato/
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