- GILBERT BAYORAN
Six unidentified armed men yesterday waylaid and opened fire at the occupants of a vehicle along the highway of Sitio Lapak in Brgy. Robles, La Castellana, Negros Occidental.
Two of the five occupants of the red Toyota Innova were reported by the La Castellana police to have been injured, and they were named as Shem Job Galimba, 34, who was driving the vehicle, and his mother, Chona, a 60-year-old retired teacher.
The three other passengers, identified as Katrina Aliermo, 31, Maria Montecina, and a minor, were unhurt, the police said.
Initial investigations showed that the vehicle was traversing the highway in Sitio Lapak in the barangay when an unidentified person, who was carrying a banana trunk, blocked the way.
When it stopped, four suspects approached and opened fire on the vehicle, then robbed the occupants of still undetermined amount of cash, police investigations further showed.
Galimba was reported to be an employee of the La Castellana municipal government, assigned at the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office./GB
