Map of Ayungon town in Negros Oriental. (PNA)
DUMAGUETE CITY – A former member of the Citizens Armed Geographical Forces Unit (CAFGU) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was shot dead Sunday night in a remote hinterland in Ayungon, Negros Oriental.
Maj. Fortunato Villafuerte, Ayungon police chief, told the Philippine News Agency on Monday that the victim, Teotimo Sisoy Jr., was shot by four unidentified armed men wearing hooded jackets and riding on two motorcycles at a dimly-lit area in Barangay Amdus, Ayungon.
Villafuerte said they are considering the possible involvement of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) behind the killing of the former paramilitary man.
“We cannot discount the possibility of the NPA’s possible involvement considering his former job as a CAFGU member as we have interviewed the wife and other family members who said they have no knowledge of the victim having a serious personal grudge that would warrant killing him,” he said in mixed English and Cebuano.
Sisoy, 47, a resident of Barangay Cabang, Jimalalud, Negros Oriental, was riding a motorcycle, together with his brother, also a former CAFGU member, when the perpetrators fired at him, Villafuerte said.
The brother was not hurt in the attack.
The victim was shot six times which caused his instant death.
Recovered from the crime scene were six empty shells of caliber .45.
Villafuerte said they are also looking into another possible motive but he declined to elaborate, pending their efforts to obtain security camera footage of the route that the victim took from Barangay Tibyawan to Barangay Amdus. (PNA)
