NPA rebels on rampage kills two civilians, brings to 14 people killed in Bicol

LEGAZPI CITY, June 28 — Suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels went on a rampage killing two civilians in separate incidents in two Bicol provinces Sunday, military reports said.

Philippine Army (PA) report said the fatal attack on the two civilians brought to 14 people slain by the communist movement in the past five months this year, six of which are civilians.

NPA rebels gunned down on Sunday Maritess Toldanes a village chief of Pulang Daga in Balatan, Camarines Sur and Rodrigo Felonia, 35, of Poblacion Sur, Barcelona, Sorsogon.

Lt. Col. Ernesto Cruz, 42nd Infantry Battalion commander, said that Toldanes was gunned down by three suspected NPA rebels outside her residence at around 1:30 p.m. in Barangay Pulang Daga, Balatan town in Camarines Sur.

Toldanes succumbed to gunshot wounds on the head and chest. Army investigators found spent shells for Cal .45 pistol near the crime scene.

Prior to the killing, the victim received numerous death threats for her refusal to support the NPA rebels, who persistently demanded extortion money from the villagers.

In Barcelona Sorsogon, NPA rebels shot dead Felonia, a former militiaman, while on his way home in Barangay Poblacion, at around 9:30 a.m. also on Sunday.

Felonia died instantly after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in the different parts of his body.

Responding policemen found seven spent shells for Cal .45 pistol and 15 spent shells for 9mm pistol near the scene of the crime.

Major Harold Cabunoc, 9th Infantry Division spokesman, said that Felonia and Toldanes are victims of extra-judicial killings perpetrated by the NPA.

Cabunoc said that the rebels had also killed one soldier and seven militiamen in the past two quarters of the year.

In 2009, the NPA rebels killed 52 people in Bicol. The list of the victims include 30 innocent civilians who were accused of being military informants and those who refused to pay the extortion demands. (PNA)

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