Guinsaogon Cairman Killed by Bomb

SOUTHERN LEYTE - Topping the list of crimes this week was the brutal assassination of Eglicerio Coquilla Bulagsac the barangay captain of Guinsaugon, Saint Bernard.

His wife Rosario who was also injured said her husband was killed by an Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) which was hidden in a plastic rice container. The IED used was similar to but smaller than the ones used in the Middle East against American occupational forces.

Rosario said they had visited their rice field in Guinsaugon and had entered their makeshift house when her husband lefted the rice container which exploded in his face. She added that though injured they were able to run outside when another louder explosion blew up and incenerated the hut completely.

Both victims were rushed to the Anahawn District Hospital but her husband was declared dead on arrival.

Senior Inspector Brillante Billaoac believes the motive for Bulagsac’s murder was political since the fatality was an influential political figure in barangay Guinsaugon. The farming village which is located right below Mount Katibag made headlines worldwide when a mega landslide there buried the entire village and killed over 2000 people in 2006.

Guinsaogon Bomber caught(update)

GUINSAUGON, SAINT BERNARD - The man who planted the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) similar to but smaller than the ones used in the Middle East against American occupational forces which killed Barangay Captain Eglicerio Bulagsac Coquilla and wounded his wife Rosario is now in police custody.

According to police reports they arrested the suspected bomber Desiderio Madaje Napurata last weekend. They said he would be charged with murder and frustrated murder.

According to Coquilla’s wife Rosario they had just visited their rice field in barangay Guinsaugon and had entered their makeshift hut there when her husband lifted the cover of a rice container which exploded in his face. Though injured they were able to leave the hut but that another louder explosion incinerated the hut completely.

She said they were rushed by neighbors to the Anahawan District Hospital but her husband died from his head wounds before they reached it.

Senior Police Inspector Brillante Billaoac the police chief of Saint Bernard said that the incident was triggered by a land dispute, and not politically motivated as earlier reported.

(By ANGELYN BOOK)

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