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(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LEGAZPI CITY-A police officer, a retired policeman and five civilians were killed in two successive ambushes staged by about 40 New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Lagta, Baleno, Masbate, about 24 km from Masbate City proper on Friday.
Supt. Romeo Mapalo, Masbate police director, said the NPA ambushed retired police officer Winsel Esquilona in Sitio Sog-ong, Barangay Lagta, about 3 km from the town proper.
After the ambush, Baleno Mayor Rodolfo Manlapaz instructed a team composed of SPO2 Jesus Huelva and some members of the Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) to retrieve Esquilona's body.
Thinking that the NPA rebels had withdrawn from the ...