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Rebs kill mining consultant, cop

- Jaime Laude - The Philippine Star
June 22, 2012 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - A mining consultant and a policeman were killed in an ambush by communist rebels in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur Wednesday afternoon, the military said.

Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, spokesman of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division, said that shortly after the ambush in Barangay Kimlawis that left retired police official Villamino Hectin, a mining consultant, and his companion, PO1 Roy Tunso, dead, the rebels also waylaid an Army reinforcement, wounding two militiamen. 

AMBUSH

ARMY

BARANGAY KIMLAWIS

CONSULTANT

DAVAO

INFANTRY DIVISION

KIBLAWAN

LYNDON PANIZA

ROY TUNSO

SUR WEDNESDAY

VILLAMINO HECTIN
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