BACOLOD City – An anti-communist group leader was shot dead on the national highway in Barangay 2, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
The 47-year-old Vivencio Aguilar sustained a gunshot wound on the head, a police report showed. He is the president of Kilusan at Alyansa ng mga Dating Rebelde.
According to police investigators, Aguilar – resident of Barangay Rizal, San Carlos City – was sitting inside his tricycle after buying construction materials with his brother-in-law when an unidentified suspect fired at the victim around 9:30 a.m. on May 3.
The suspect then fled the scene onboard a motorcycle of a man waiting at a distance.
It was also reported that the Aguilar was a confidential agent for the Philippine National Police.
He was rushed to the San Carlos City Hospital where the attending physician declared him “dead on arrival.”
Officers of the San Carlos City police station have yet to identify the suspects and the motive in the killing./PN
