‘Army assets’ shot dead

From Panay News (Feb 3, 2021): ‘Army assets’ shot dead (By Ruby Silubrico)

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ILOILO City – A couple were shot dead inside their house in Barangay Malamboy-Bondolan, Alimodian, Iloilo.

Areston Alves, 62, and his live-in partner, Georgia Miller, 60, were both residents of the village.

They succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds, police said.

The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Monday.

Police Major Sullen Domingo, Alimodian police chief, said armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army barged into the couple’s house and peppered them with bullets.

The victims were rushed to the Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian but the attending physician declared them “dead on arrival.”

According to Domingo, they were still verifying reports on the victims’ alleged links to the Armed Forces of the Philippines. They were believed to be assets of the government soldiers, the police chief said.

As of this writing, the identity of the suspects remains unclear.

“We don’t know yet who killed the victims. The area was a remote barangay and there were no witnesses that could identify the [gunmen],” Domingo said.

Recovered from the crime scene were eight spent bullets of a .45-caliber pistol.

Meanwhile, Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesperson of the Infantry Division (3ID), said the couple were natives of Mindanao but they resided in the village for over 10 years.

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