Suspected New People's Army hitmen struck again yesterday killing another barangay captain in Brgy. Imelda, Guihulngan, Oriental Negros, the military said.

The fatality was identified as Imelda Brgy. Capt. Sebastian Tanoy, while Kagawad Avelino Denlauso sustained bruises. Both were very vocal against NPA atrocities in the town's upland barangays, Lt. Col. Jess Manangquil, 11th Infantry Battalion commander, said.

Tanoy Jr. and Denlauso were riding on a motorcycle to the town proper when they were waylaid by three unidentified young men who were armed with .45 caliber pistols in Sitio Lip-o, Brgy. Imelda, Guihulngan, Managquil said.

Manangquil said the three gunmen simultaneously opened fire at the two barangay officials, hitting Tanoy on the head, twice on the shoulders and twice on his back. Denlauso managed to escape from their assassins, he added. Tanoy is the second barangay captain gunned down by rebels in the past eight months, next to a village chairman of Aya in La Libertad, whose ambush on May was claimed by the NPA, military records show.

Manangquil said a barangay kagawad in Guihulngan was also liquidated by rebel hitmen last year. The series of liquidation activities of the CPP-NPA in central Negros further bolsters claims that they are actively involved in extra-judicial killings, Manangquil said.*GPB

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