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Personal grudge? Bayawan bgy. capt, companion, killed

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The village chief of Kalamtukan in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental and one of his companions were shot dead by suspects believed known to them in that Saturday night.

A report from the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office on Sunday identified the slain victims as barangay chairman Johnny Semillano Condez, 47, and Danny Marata Jr.

Condez, Marata Jr., and the latter’s father, Danny Sr. were on board a rescue vehicle with two others riding their motorcycles and headed towards Sitio Candollon in Barangay Kalamtukan in search of a wireless network signal at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday when they were shot at, the NOPPO report said.

Initial police investigation revealed that upon reaching the place that had a strong cellular network signal, the barangay chairman disembarked from the vehicle.

Witnesses said they then heard bursts of gunfire that hit Condez and Maratas.

Marata Sr. and Edilito Magbanua, one of their other companions, fled towards a nearby sugarcane field for their safety.

Alexis Condez, the son of the barangay captain, arrived later in the area and brought the dead body of his father and that of Marata Jr. to the house of his uncle, Nono Condez in Sitio Tower in Barangay Kalamtukan.

Police Chief M/Sgt. Archer Birjes of the Bayawan City Police Station found out that the victims also sustained hack wounds.

Police recovered from the crime scene 15 fired cartridge cases of 5.56 caliber firearm, two misfired rounds for a 12-gauge shotgun, one fired cartridge case for a 12-gauge shotgun, four fired cartridge cases for .45-caliber handgun, three fired cartridge cases for a 9mm Luger firearm, one magazine for an M16 rifle with 30 rounds of live ammunition, and one misfired round of caliber .45.

The motive for the killings has not yet been determined even as provincial police director, Col. Julian Entoma appealed to the people in Bayawan City to cooperate with the police investigation as he warned that whoever were responsible for the crime shall face the full force of the law. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)

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