Manila, July 19 -- The four police intelligence officers ambushed by suspected members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) on Thursday afternoon in Sitio Yamot, Barangay Mabato in Ayungon, Negros Oriental were "brutally murdered".
In a press conference on Friday, Police Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, director of the Police Regional Office 7 (PRO-7), said Police Cpl. Relebert Beronio; Pat. Raffy Callao; Pat. Roel Cabellon; and Pat. Marquino de Leon, all intelligence officers of the 704th Provincial Mobile Force Company of the Regional Public Safety Battalion 7 assigned in Negros Oriental, were "summarily executed".
Sinas described it as "cold-blooded" murder.
Sinas said based on early police investigation plus ...