| MURDERED. A police investigator looks at the body of murdered former NPA leader Romulo “Rolly” Kintanar (inset). Four unidentified gunmen Thursday shot Kintanar dead and wounded two of his companions. Inset is a 1998 photo, when Kintanar served as close-in security of presidential candidate Jose de Venecia. ( AFP FOTO) |
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MANILA -- Romulo "Ka Rolly" Kintanar, former chief of the general command of the New People's Army (NPA), was gunned down while having lunch in a Japanese restaurant in Quezon City Thursday, in an attack that government officials are trying to pin on the comrades he deserted.
Four still unidentified gunmen wounded two of his companions in the attack, and military sources said former comrades in the guerrilla movement could have ordered the assault.
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