Two suspected communist guerrillas gunned down an indigenous peoples (IP) or Lumad leader in a remote village in Magpet town in North Cotabato Sunday morning, police said.
Senior Inspector Felix Fornan, chief of Magpet PNP, identified the victim as 56-year-old Roberto Cupino, who is a mandatory representative of the IPs based in Barangay Don Panaca, Magpet.
Fornan said the victim had just left his house when the suspects, both armed with long firearms, riddled him with bullets. The victim died on the spot.
Investigators said they have yet to determine if there was any connection between the gunmen and a recent visitor, with whom Cupino had just talked to before he was killed.
The armed men were recognized by victim’s relatives as members of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA), the police said.
Cupino’s wife and his relatives, according to police, have no idea why the NPAs had to execute the tribal leader.
In nearby President Roxas town, also in North Cotabato, a resident of Barangay Alegria was also shot to death by suspects also believed to be NPA members last Sunday.
The victim, according to reports, was playing with cards or‘tong-its’ when the gunmen, all armed with high-powered firearms, fired at him.
Authorities have no clues yet as to the motives of the killings.
http://www.mb.com.ph/reds-execute-tribal-leader-farmer-in-2-cotabato-towns/
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