Bacolod City—The New People’s Army has claimed responsibility over the death of village chief Rhoy Pagapang of Barangay Libas in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Monday.
The Leonardo Panaligan Command-Central Negros Guerrilla Front, in a statement released to the local media Monday night, said the 38-year-old barangay captain was a “military asset.”
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The rebel group said they have been warning Pagapang for his actions since they included him in their hit list in 2016.
Pagapang, a second term village chief, was shot to death by four unidentified men beside a sugarcane field in the neighboring Barangay Cabcab around 10 am on Monday.
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