COTABATO CITY – A college dean, his nephew, and a couple were killed in separate ambushes in Sultan Kudarat province Thursday night.
Lt. Col. Joseph Galleto, Lebak town police chief, identified the slain school official as Henry Racho, 51, dean and sports coordinator of Notre Dame of Salaman College (NDSC) - Lebak, and his 17-year-old nephew, both of Barangay Cadiz, Kalamansig.
The victims were ambushed at about 5:30 p.m. while riding a motorbike in Barangay Maregaeg, Lebak.
“It happened during a downpour,” Galleto said.
The teenager died at the scene, while Racho died an hour later at a hospital.
“Losing (Racho) left a wound," said Father Charlie Celeste, NDSC president. "It’s the silence that fills the spaces where his voice used to be.”
Later in the day, a couple was ambushed and killed in Purok Tambes, Barangay Sta. Clara, Kalamansig.
Maj. Rodney Binoya, town police chief, identified the victims as Nestor Rondon, 67, and his wife, Marilou Rondon, 60, both of Barangay Sangay, Kalamansig.
The couple was ambushed at about 5:45 p.m. while riding a motorbike.
The motives for the attacks are unknown. (Edwin Fernandez)
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