NAGA CITY—An Army soldier has been shot dead at 9:40 a.m. Saturday by still unidentified assailant in Barangay (village) Pag-oring Nuevo in Libmanan town in Camarines Sur while he was buying food at the village center, police reports said.
Superintendent Jeff Araojo, chief of the Libamanan police, said the slain soldier, identified only as “Private First Class Caceres,” was dead on the spot. The soldier belonged to the Charlie Company of the 42nd Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Division based in Tigaon, Camarines Sur.
Araojo said they have coordinated with the Philippine Army for the police investigation on the slaying. RAM
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