From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 24): NPA rebels execute farmer suspected of being military asset
Suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels executed a coconut farmer in Barangay Pood, Guinobatan, Albay, Sunday morning.
A report reaching Chief Supt. Victor P. Deona, Bicol regional director, identified the victim as Crispin Ordina, 53, married and resident of the village.
The report said Ordina was making copra in his farm at about 10:00 a.m. when the rebels arrived and forcibly took him.
The rebels took the victim some 20 meters away from his place of work and shot him on his head and body, killing him instantly, it added.
The gunshots were heard by Ordina’s relatives who immediately rushed to the place of killing and saw the victim sprawled on the ground.
The report said the suspects casually walked away.
It added that the NPA guerrillas suspected Ordina to be a military and police asset in their place who gave information on their activities.
The relatives, however, denied the accusation and claimed that Ordina was just an ordinary coconut farmer.
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Suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels executed a coconut farmer in Barangay Pood, Guinobatan, Albay, Sunday morning.
A report reaching Chief Supt. Victor P. Deona, Bicol regional director, identified the victim as Crispin Ordina, 53, married and resident of the village.
The report said Ordina was making copra in his farm at about 10:00 a.m. when the rebels arrived and forcibly took him.
The rebels took the victim some 20 meters away from his place of work and shot him on his head and body, killing him instantly, it added.
The gunshots were heard by Ordina’s relatives who immediately rushed to the place of killing and saw the victim sprawled on the ground.
The report said the suspects casually walked away.
It added that the NPA guerrillas suspected Ordina to be a military and police asset in their place who gave information on their activities.
The relatives, however, denied the accusation and claimed that Ordina was just an ordinary coconut farmer.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=590205