Authorities have confiscated seven high-powered firearms allegedly used in the killing of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others, the Philippine Army said Monday. | JEMendozaINQ
According to the Army, seven assault rifles ; 2B40 with five pieces of ammunition; four long magazines; two short magazines; one .45 cal magazine; six bandoliers fully loaded with plates; one rifle case, and other personal materials were seized during a joint military and police operation.“Said firearms and equipment were used by the suspects in the killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel R. Degamo and several others,” the Army said in a statement.
Degamo and eight provincial staff and constituents were killed while 16 others, including three provincial officials, were wounded in a gun attack inside the governor’s residence in Pamplona town on Saturday, March 5.
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