Masbate land mine blasts kill 2 civilians who were ‘mistakenly identified as military’

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Two persons were killed, one of them a university star football player, while five others, including a retired Ombudsman investigator, were wounded in separate land mine explosions in the cities of Masbate and Legazpi.

FEU Athletics, in a statement, mourned the death of Kieth, a multiawarded midfielder, who was named most valuable player of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines in 2016 and who competed in the 2018 Asean Football Federation Championships in Indonesia as a member of the Under 19 Philippine team.

“Kieth’s toughness on the field and constant smiles off it will truly be missed by his brothers in the men’s football team and the entire FEU community,” FEU posted on its Facebook page on Sunday.Lt. Col. Steve dela Rosa, Masbate City police chief, said they were still investigating the incident. But Keith’s father, Nathaniel, believed the rebels mistook his son and nephew for soldiers.Nathaniel’s brother Domingo Jr.

He then proceeded to the blast site with some residents and found his relatives in the grassy area. Aside from the multiple shrapnel wounds in their bodies, Kieth had a bullet wound in his head while Nolven had two bullet wounds in the back and head, he said.Burning, blast In Legazpi City, the capital of Albay province, four were hurt when their car hit a land mine allegedly planted by the NPA along the road on Sunday.

Capt. Ronnel Cabagnan, chief of Civil-Military Operations of the Army’s 31st Infantry Battalion, said Romeo Mariscotes, 38, and wife Visitacion, 40; an 11-year-old girl; and lawyer Merda Paterson, a retired Ombudsman investigator, were aboard a car traveling in Sitio Tico-Tico, Barangay Homapon, when their vehicle was hit by an explosive device at around 10 a.m.—REPORTS FROM MA. APRIL MIER-MANJARES, MAR S. ARGUELLES, DELFIN MALLARI JR. AND JULIE M.

 

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