A
group of armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) raided
the compound of the village chieftain in Barangay Gibato, Dumarao, Capiz,
carting away at least five firearms before they escape.
Belated
police report reaching here on Thursday afternoon said that on Wednesday, a
group of at least 60 armed NPA rebels forced their way inside the compound of
barangay captain Sixto Castilla and other neighboring houses in the said
barangay which hostile intruders searched for firearms.
SPO3
Antonio Ponce of the Dumarao Municipal Police Station confirmed that the
barangay captain lost three firearms to the armed raiders including two .9mm
pistols and one 12-gauge shotgun owned by his brother Jiger Castilla.
Apart
from Castilla, the alleged rebels also searched the neighboring houses where
they took away a 12-gauge shotgun and .45 caliber pistol owned by village
watchmen Hope Margarejo and Jonel Daquilana.
The
Dumarao PNP learned that prior to the incident, Castilla who is concurrently
the president of the Association of Barangay Captains of Dumarao, received
extortion letters from the rebel group.
Meanwhile,
high-powered explosives placed inside a fatigue pouch were recovered Tuesday
afternoon in a far-flung village in Dumalag, Capiz.
Four
M203 grenade launchers were found by a certain Nelson in Sitio Bajatingon,
Barangay San Martin, Dumalag town and he turned it over to SPO4 Pedro Celino of
the CIDG Capiz.
Celino
believed the explosives were left behind by fleeing rebels who figured in a
recent firefight with soldiers of the 61st Infantry Battalion in Barangay
Lahug, Tapaz, Capiz where a rebel was killed and six others were injured.
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