ILOILO CITY, Philippines —Four more persons including a child were shot dead in three separate incidents in Negros Oriental on Thursday bring the number of fatalities to seven in a spate of killings
Shootings occurred in the towns of Siaton, Ayungon and Sta. Catalina, according to initial reports reaching the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office.
At 5:10 p.m., assailants on board a motorcycle repeatedly shot Reden Eleuterio who was driving a motorcycle in Barangay Tampocon II in Ayungon town. Eleuterio, 50, was taken to the Bindoy District hospital for treatment but was declared dead on arrival by the attending physician, according to the police report.
One of the fatalities was identified as Marlon Ocampo while the other is an unidentified child of unknown age.Three persons were also shot dead early Thursday in Guihulngan City. Siblings Arthur and Ardale Bayawa and Romeo Alipan in Guihulngan and Reden Eleuterio in Ayungon town in Negros Oriental.
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