Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Gunmen kill 5 in attack on Zambo Sibugay village
By Al Jacinto
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Unidentified gunmen killed five members of a family who are into farming, and wounded a child in an attack on a remote village in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay, officials said.
Officials said the gunmen killed a couple, an old woman, and two children in an attack Monday on the village of Bagong Buhay in Alicia town.
"Authorities are investigating the attack. Five family members are dead, including two children. The attack also left one child wounded. Troops are tracking down those responsible for the attack," Captain Noel Abello, a regional army spokesman, said.
Abello said the gunmen opened fire on the village at around 6 a.m. and escaped after the strafing.
He said no individual or group claimed responsibility for the killings, but the area is a known lair of communist insurgents, blamed in the past by the military and police for the string of attacks and killings of civilians suspected of aiding the government in the campaign against the New People's Army.
Family feud and clan wars are also rampant in the province. (Sunnex)
(October 24, 2006 issue)
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