Barangay captain, 3 others survive ambush in Cagayan

Three alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in an encounter with government forces in Piat municipality in Cagayan on Thursday night, the Cagayan Police Provincial Office reported on Friday. healthworker killed dead

 

TUGUEGARAO CITY –  A 69-year-old village chief and three of his relatives survived an ambush in Peñablanca, Cagayan province on Wednesday, a belated police report said on Saturday.

Police Captain Isabelita Gano, Cagayan Valley police spokesperson, identified the victims as Bonifacio Caliguiran, 69, village chief of Nanguillattan; his wife Marvie, 55; son John Rey, 13; and kinswoman Armelante Collado, 34, all of the said town.

They were unscathed in the shooting.

The motorcycle-riding gunmen tried to overtake Caliguiran’s car and opened fire.

Probers found one slug below the driver’s seat, one slug and a live bullet on the pavement.

Police have been focusing on a possible work-related or a personal motive in the shooting.

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