10 slain in drug war

MANILA, Philippines - At least nine suspected drug pushers and users were killed in Metro Manila over the past two days as the government waged war against illegal drugs.

The 10th victim in the drug war is a barangay tanod who was shot dead while on duty in Quezon City at past midnight yesterday.

Bonifacio Fraun, 48, was active in the police’s Oplan Tokhang campaign. He was assisting in garbage collection near a school in Barangay Batasan Hills when a masked man shot him once in the head.

His sibling told police Fraun’s involvement in Oplan Tokhang could be among the motives for his murder since he had no known enemies.

In Barangay 176, Caloocan, Edwin Adame, 37, and Erwin Garzon, 37, were killed in separate attacks on Wednesday.

In Malabon, Jeffrey Alcantara, 35, was killed when he allegedly shot it out with police officers during a sting on Wednesday.

Alcantara, who is on the city’s drug watchlist, reportedly supplied illegal drugs in Barangay Longos, said Senior Superintendent John Chua, city police chief.

Police officers also killed Luisito Bonifacio, 44, and son, Gabriel, 18, in another alleged shootout during a drug bust in Barangay 146 in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan City at past midnight yesterday.

Bonifacio ranked sixth on the barangay’s watchlist.

In Manila, an unidentified man was killed in a raid on a shanty, reportedly used as a drug den, behind the Quinta Market on Wednesday afternoon.

Alleged pusher Prince Santos, 22, was shot dead by unidentified assailants as he was with friends at an eatery in Barangay Rizal, Makati before dawn yesterday.

Another alleged pusher, Alex Magallanes, reportedly shot it out with police officers along Anahaw street in Barangay Alabang, Muntinlupa at around 10 a.m.

In Quezon City, the body of an alleged drug pusher was found along Daang Nawasa Road in Barangay Sauyo at past midnight Wednesday.

The still unidentified victim was hogtied, his head wrapped in duct tape and his neck tied with a nylon cord.