• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Two farmers were separately shot and killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday and Wednesday in barangays of Telim and Minapasok in Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
A 39-year-old farmer succumbed to multiple gunshot injuries after being shot by an unidentified gunman on March 26 in Brgy. Telim, Calatrava.
Initial police investigations indicated that the victim was attending his farm when approached by the suspect, who expressed his intention to buy dead citrus plants.
Without any reason, the suspect then took out his gun and shot the victim four times.
Recovered from the scene of the incident were four empty shells of a caliber .45 pistol.
The suspect immediately fled after the incident, and the victim was declared dead on arrival at the Calatrava Municipal Health Office.
Three unidentified armed men also shot and killed a 41-year-old farmer on Tuesday at Sitio Calanugan in Brgy. Minapasok, Calatrava.
The investigation of the Calatrava Police Station showed that the three armed men forcibly entered the residence of the victim after he refused to accompany them to Sitio Yamingon of the barangay.
The armed men shot the victim in the presence of his live-in partner. He died on the spot, according to the police.
The motives of the two shooting incidents are currently being investigated by the Calatrava police.*
