Degamo attack death toll rises to 10 as another casualty dies

The death toll in the March 4 massacre that killed Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo went up to 10 after a wounded victim died on Sunday.

The fatality was identified as Fredilino Cafe Jr., an employee of the Negros Oriental Provinical Engineering Office.

He died from his injuries more than two months since Degamo’s private compound in Pamplona town was attacked by heavily armed men.

Since the attack, Cafe had reportedly been “in and out of the hospital,” the Degamo camp said.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier vowed justice for Degamo as he urged Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr., who has been tagged as the “highest mastermind” by the Department of Justice, to return to the country immediately.