BACOLOD CITY – A barangay tanod or watchman was shot dead in upland Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 20.
Police identified the victim as Alexander Alquizar, 54, of Barangay Laga-an.
THE body of a 54-year-old barangay tanod lies in a morgue after he was killed in his farm in Barangay Laga-an, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Saturday, April 20. (Photo courtesy of Calatrava Municipal Police Station)
Police Major Ronald Santillan, Calatrava police chief, said the victim was tending to his farm around 5:30 a.m. when a group of men arrived and shot him. The victim’s wife saw the incident from a distance.
Alquiza succumbed to multiple bullet wounds.
Santillan said that it was possible that the suspects waited for the victim in the area.
He said they are not discounting the possibility that the incident might be insurgency-related.
Police are conducting follow-up probe.