Police has augmented troops hunting down a communist New
People’s Army (NPA) death squad that gunned down Monday another tribal leader
in remote Barangay Panaca, Magpet, North Cotabato .
Two pistol-wielding men gunned down victim Roberto Cupino,
56, around 8 a.m. inside his house at the Manobo-populated Panaca village.
Sr. Insp. Felix Fornan, Magpet police chief, said the victim
was the incumbent Indigenous Peoples Representative (IPMR) in the area.
"Witnesses recognized the faces of the perpetrators as
NPA rebels, although they do not know their real names,” Fornan told newsmen
here.
Authorities recovered at the crime scene seven .45 caliber
pistol empty shells that were immediately submitted to the PNP Crime Laboratory
for ballistic and cross matching examination.
Earlier this month, NPA gunmen also shot dead Noel Biaong,
the Manobo Supreme Council of Alimaong Guardians, in Barangay Basak, also in
Magpet.
The Magpet police has tightened security around its area of
responsibility following the twin slaying.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=814075
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