DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 16, 2008) – Two gunmen shot dead a man previously jailed for robbery in Davao City in the southern Philippines, police said Tuesday.
Police said the assailants escaped on one motorcycle after shooting Michael Batayza just outside his house in Talomo district late Monday afternoon.
Batayza’s family condemned the attack and urged human rights groups to investigate the murder and so were other extrajudicial killings in Davao City.
Police said Batayza was previously jailed for robbery in Davao City. His family insisted Batayza had already reformed and was a good man.
Just last week, motorcycle gunmen also killed Ruel Alicania and Francis Capailo, both 15 years old, in an attack in Buhangin village. The two were just buying bread from a bakery when the men shot them.
Police said the assailants escaped on one motorcycle after shooting Michael Batayza just outside his house in Talomo district late Monday afternoon.
Batayza’s family condemned the attack and urged human rights groups to investigate the murder and so were other extrajudicial killings in Davao City.
Police said Batayza was previously jailed for robbery in Davao City. His family insisted Batayza had already reformed and was a good man.
Just last week, motorcycle gunmen also killed Ruel Alicania and Francis Capailo, both 15 years old, in an attack in Buhangin village. The two were just buying bread from a bakery when the men shot them.
Previous killings had been largely blamed by relatives of victims to authorities and anti-crime vigilantes, but were afraid to file criminal charges for fear they would be silenced.
Hundreds of suspected criminals and those with police records had fallen victims to the bullets of the so-called Davao Death Squad. (Romy Bwaga)
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