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The casualties include a little girl.
“Five persons were killed and three others were wounded when a father and his three sons went on a shooting and hacking rampage in Barangay Capas, Agoo, La Union on Tuesday, February 24,” report Jun Elias, Vic Alhambra, Raymund Catindig in The Philippine Star.
The victims were identified as Reynaldo Refuerzo, 30, and his three-year-old daughter Mary Anne; Gil Cabilitazan, 28; Zosimo Fontanilla, 30; and Gilberto Cecilio, 41.
According to Chief Inspector Artemio Infante, Agoo police chief, “the victims were pronounced dead on arrival in a hospital due to stab wounds in various parts of the body.”
Meanwhile, Rodel Refuerzo, Gilmar Cabilitazan and Benjie Tabunia remain confined at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center.
The suspects were identified as Demetrio Gayo and his sons Noel, Oscar, and Ferdinand.
The report noted: “Investigation showed that the victims were having a drinking spree along the road when the suspects arrived and Demetrio challenged them to a fight. Noel fired at the victims with a caliber .45 pistol while Oscar and Ferdinand took turns in stabbing them.”
Ferdinand was arrested on Wed, Feb 25. The rest are being hunted down by the police.
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