CASTILLA, SORSOGON, November 11
(PIA) – An innocent member of the CAFGU Active Auxiliary (CAA) was added to the
list of victims of the New People’s Army’s (NPA) senseless killing when he was
shot to death at about 1:30 o’clock in the afternoon, yesterday, Nov. 10, at
Sorsogon City.
903rd Brigade
Spokesperson 1Lt Bethany Q. Cadungan said the unarmed victim who was identified
as CAA Eric C Aro, single, 32 years old and a member of Alpha Company, 22nd
Infantry Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, Philippine Army was shot
inside his residence at Brgy Abuyog, Sorsogon City by two (2) unidentified
armed men believed to be members of the communist terrorist (CT) Special
Partisan Unit (SPARU) of Komiteng Probinsiyal (Komprob), Sorsogon.
She said the victim who sustained
two (2) gunshot wounds at his head was immediately brought to Sorsogon Doctor’s
Medical Mission Group Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival (DOA) by
the attending physician.
In an official statement, Lieutenant
Colonel Beerjenson N Aquino INF (GSC) PA, Commanding Officer, 31st
Infantry Battalion, strongly condemned the innocent killing of the militiaman.
“This violent act is a clear manifestation of
the NPA’s blatant disrespect to human rights. CAA Aro who was deployed as part
of the disaster response operation team in Sorsogon just went to his house to
drop by some personal belongings when he was mercilessly shot”, Colonel Aquino
said.
Lt. Col. Aquino further said that he
had reminded his troops to be extra vigilant as the SPARU are lurking
everywhere waiting for their next innocent prey. (BARecebido, PIA-5/Sorsogon/Phil
Army)
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