BACOLOD CITY -- The bodies of three persons, including a foreigner, were found in separate areas here and in Negros Occidental Tuesday.
The first body, that of Omani Ahmed Raj, 34, of Barangay Alijis here, was found at 7:40 a.m., by a resident at the grassy portion of the Reclamation Area in Barangay 8.
Police Lt. Andy Ofalia, head of Police Station 2, said the victim had a lone bullet wound in the chest that exited through his back.
He said the victim had been staying here for years now.
Few hours later, the second body was found
at the middle of a sugarcane plantation in Barangay Blumentritt, Murcia.
Police Capt. Jerald Muya, Murcia police chief, identified the fatality as Archie Aguirre, 41, of Hinigaran.
Muya said that a sugarcane worker discovered the body of Aguirre, who had multiple bullet wounds in his head and other parts of his body.
Police recovered from the crime scene eight empty shells of .22 caliber and a slug of a suspected M16.
Muya said the victim had no criminal record and was not a drug personality in the town upon the confirmation of Hinigaran Municipal Police Station.
The third body was found late in the afternoon in Hacienda Sagrado Dos, Barangay 16, Talisay City.
Police Staff Master Sgt. Reginaldo Suelto, chief investigator of Talisay City Police Station, identified the victim as Bryan Barredo, 24, of Barangay 1 here.
Suelto said that Barredo left their house around 7 p.m. Monday. He was discovered by a sugarcane worker the following day, with wounds in the forehead and chest.
Police Lt. Abegael Donasco, Negros Occidental police information officer, said they are coordinating with the Bacolod City Police Office to check the possibility that the three incidents were related.
Donasco assured that there’s nothing to worry about these incidents because these were just coincidental.
Donasco said policemen have no leads yet on the identities of the perpetrators and the motive of the killings. Investigation is ongoing.