The two children who witnessed the killing of their parents in Lapu-Lapu City are suffering the trauma of such violence, a social worker said.
“They are afraid to be left alone and have nightmares in their sleep,” said a social worker, who requested anonymity for security reasons.
The two children, aged 6 and 4, are under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and stay in a facility guarded by police in Lapu-Lapu City.
The children can’t be moved yet until a complete psychiatric evaluation is made.
Their father, Fernando Canillo, a member of the Kuratong Baleleng gang, his live-in partner Emma Beronguis and their 3-year-old son were shot to death in their house in Lapu-Lapu City last Thursday by suspected gang members. /Reporter Candeze R. Mongaya