From the Visayan Daily Star (Nov 27): NPA behind assassination of cop: PNP
The police yesterday said that SPO1 Agustin Hulleza was assassinated by suspected New People’s Army hitmenin Brgy. Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
“It was a SPARU (Special Partisan Unit) operation”, Supt. Victorino Romanillos, officer-in-charge of the San Carlos police, said.
Hulleza, an intelligence operative of the Toboso Police Station, who was killed in line of duty was given a 21-gun salute during his burial at the Calatrava cemetery at noon Monday.
Before his death, Senior Inspector Danilo Zuniega, Toboso police chief, said Hulleza had revealed to him that he was reportedly marked for liquidation by the NPA.
On Nov. 16, Hulleza was shot in the back of his head, by two unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects, while on his way to San Carlos City, also on board a motorcycle, police investigations showed.
Chief Inspector Eduardo Corpuz, spokesman of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, who also attended the burial, said “We hope that justice will be served to our lost comrade”.
The Philippine Army had claimed that the NPA violated its own ceasefire in the killing of Hulleza.
The unilateral ceasefire declared by the NPA in devastated areas of Visayas started Nov. 14 and ended Nov. 24 but it was extended by the CPP-NPA until Dec. 24.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/November/27/topstory8.htm
The police yesterday said that SPO1 Agustin Hulleza was assassinated by suspected New People’s Army hitmenin Brgy. Palampas, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
“It was a SPARU (Special Partisan Unit) operation”, Supt. Victorino Romanillos, officer-in-charge of the San Carlos police, said.
Hulleza, an intelligence operative of the Toboso Police Station, who was killed in line of duty was given a 21-gun salute during his burial at the Calatrava cemetery at noon Monday.
Before his death, Senior Inspector Danilo Zuniega, Toboso police chief, said Hulleza had revealed to him that he was reportedly marked for liquidation by the NPA.
On Nov. 16, Hulleza was shot in the back of his head, by two unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects, while on his way to San Carlos City, also on board a motorcycle, police investigations showed.
Chief Inspector Eduardo Corpuz, spokesman of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, who also attended the burial, said “We hope that justice will be served to our lost comrade”.
The Philippine Army had claimed that the NPA violated its own ceasefire in the killing of Hulleza.
The unilateral ceasefire declared by the NPA in devastated areas of Visayas started Nov. 14 and ended Nov. 24 but it was extended by the CPP-NPA until Dec. 24.
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2013/November/27/topstory8.htm