Massacre suspects in Himamaylan, rebel ambushers in Calatrava identified

Posted to the Visayan Daily Star (Sep 8, 2023): Massacre suspects in Himamaylan, rebel ambushers in Calatrava identified (By GILBERT P. BAYORAN)

The suspects involved in the massacre of a family in Himamaylan City, and those involved in an ambush and encounter that left a policeman dead, and injured two others in Calatrava, Negros Occidental, have all been identified, a top police official in the province disclosed yesterday.

The police tagged the Central Negros 2 (CN 2) of the New People’s Army (NPA) as the suspects behind the massacre of a couple and their two minor sons in Sitio Kangkiling, Brgy. Buenavista, Himamaylan City, on June.

The New People’s Army Jean Pelle Command also claimed responsibility for the ambush and death of a policeman in Sitio Icogan, Brgy. Minapasuk, Calatrava, last month.

PCol. Leo Pamittan, provincial police director of Negros Occidental, yesterday said that they are now readying the filing of multiple murder charges against the identified rebel suspects involved in the killing of Rolly Fausto, his wife, Emilda, and their two sons aged 11 and 15.

At least 15 members of CN 2 were linked to the Fausto family massacre.

Pamittan said that they are still coordinating with Prosecutor Flosemer Gonzales of the Regional Task Force ELCAC (Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict) for the filing of air-tight cases against the rebel remnants who killed a policeman and two other civilians.

The two civilians, identified by the police as Felix Resutai and his nephew, Eliseo Mahilum, were tagged by the rebels as military informants, which was strongly denied by the Philippine Army.*

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