The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has
created a special investigation task group (SITG) that is gathering evidence
for the filing of cases against the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels that staged
an ambush in Cauayan town on February 18.
The SITG was formed upon the directive of Senior
Superintendent William Señoron, acting NOCPPO director.
Superintendent Willy Diel, chief of NOCPPO Police Community
Relations Branch, said Sunday the task group is gathering evidence against the
NPA rebels for the filing of cases to bring justice to the victims and their
families.
The SITG is composed of the Criminal Investigation and
Detection Group-Negros Occidental, National Support Unit, NOCPPO Provincial
Crime Laboratory, NOCPPO Investigation Branch, and Candoni Municipal Police
Station.
On the night of February 18, about 30 rebels fired upon six
Candoni policemen at the boundary of Barangays Caningay and Poblacion East
while they were on their way back to the station after responding to a stabbing
incident.
The casualties were Police Officer 3 Joeharry Peralta, 38,
and PO1 Henry Pacheco, 30.
Both Peralta and Pacheco were buried with full police honors
on February 27.
Injured were PO2 Jay Arroyo, 44, and PO1 Modesto Bina, 36,
and a civilian identified as Rey Duales. Senior Police Office 4 Boyd Mate, 43,
of Bacolod City
Four days after the attack, the NPA Southwest Negros
Guerilla Front under the Armando Sumayang Jr. Command claimed responsibility
for the ambush.
Diel said that even if the rebels owned up to the atrocity,
the police still need enough evidence that can stand in court.
Personnel from the NOCPPO and Regional Public Safety
Battalion-18 have augmented security in Candoni after the ambush.
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