BACOLOD CITY – The New People’s Army (NPA) gunned down an unarmed member of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) in Sitio Kabayabasan, Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) commander, said the victim, Joselito Raboy, 40, was driving his motorcycle from the detachment when he was waylaid by four unidentified armed men believed to be NPA rebels.
“He was off duty at that time and had no firearm,” Pasaporte added.
Pasaporte said that slugs of a .45 caliber pistol were recovered from the scene.
Raboy was assigned to the Delta Company of the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) based in Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla.