Rebels kill Cafgu member

From the Visayan Daily Star (Apr 4): Rebels kill Cafgu member

A member of the Army's Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was gunned down by an alleged Special Partisan Unit (SPARU) member in Barangay Camalanda-an, Cauayan town in Negros Occidental, at about 1 p.m. Saturday.

Roberto Morales, 44, was declared dead on arrival at the Cauayan District Hospital. He sustained bullet wounds on his chest, Chief Insp. Arnold Mesias, Cauayan Police Station officer-in-charge, said yesterday.

The suspect, identified as Renan Febreo, an alleged SPARU hitman of the New People's Army, had a stab wound in his stomach after Mercedita Morales, the wife of the victim, stabbed him with a knife, Mesias said.

Mercedita stabbed Febreo while he was scuffling with the children of Morales after the shooting incident, the police chief said.

Febreo was brought to the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City, while his three other unidentified companions, escaped, Mesias said.  He said Febreo also tried to shoot one of the children of Morales.

The motive, however, is still being investigated.

The police recovered a .45 caliber pistol from the crime scene, Mesias said.
Multiple charges for violations of Republic Act 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act, Commission on Elections gun ban, murder, and frustrated murder are being readied against Febreo, Mesias added.

Lieutenant Colonel Roderick Garcia, Commanding Officer of the 79th Infantry Battalion said in a press statement yesterday that they are extending their condolences to the bereaved wife and family of Morales. He said the killing is an absolute manifestation of a violation of Human Rights and the International Humanitarian Law.

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