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Hotline number issued for info on Cainta massacre suspect


To solve a Valentine's Day massacre, the officials of Cainta town in Rizal province issued a hotline number for information leading to the arrest of the suspects. "Nananawagan tayo sapagka't gusto natin magkaroon ng hustisya ang nangyari kahapon. Malagim na krimen ito, Valentine's Day pa naman. Kung kaya sa kamaganak baka alam ninyo o kaibigan, ipagbigay alam sa Cainta, 6550846 local 200," Cainta Mayor Dominic Ilagan said in an interview on dzRH radio. (We are making an appeal for justice. This is a heinous crime, coming on Valentine's Day. We appeal even to his relatives and friends to provide information on his whereabouts, to hotline 6550846 local 200.) "We will treat the information we will receive from you with the confidentiality and we will protect you," he said.

Earlier, radio dzRH reported that the town government offered a P100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators in the massacre. Those killed in the incident were Amado Acibar Sr., 45; his wife Elizabeth, 40; and children Pretchie, 10; and Amado Jr., 14. Ilagan said they are now looking for a certain Fortunato Acibar Jr., the "Junjun" who was earlier tagged as one of the possible perpetrators in the crime. Earlier, Ilagan said the police in Cainta town have set up checkpoints to arrest the perpetrators of the gruesome massacre. He added police suspect more than one person was behind the massacre of the Asebar family, based on an initial inspection of the crime scene. “Sa tingin ko di kaya ng isang tao ito, maliit lang itong bahay ... Tinitingnan ng pulis ang angle baka di lang isang tao. Inatasan ko ang pulis in West Manggahan Floodway na magsagawa ng checkpoint," Ilagan said in an interview on dzBB radio Monday. (I do not think a single person did all this. The house was small, and there was a sign of a big struggle. Police also think more than one person was behind this. I have ordered police in the West Manggahan Floodway to set up checkpoints.) Citing initial police reports, Ilagan said the family may have been killed between 11 p.m. and midnight of Sunday, following an argument between Amado Sr. and his nephew Fortunato, 24. “Nagkaroon ng commotion between 11 p.m. and 12, narinig ng kapitbahay nagkaroon ng sigawan. Narinig ng kapitbahay, ‘Tama na po, huwag na po, tama na po,’" he said. (There was a commotion between 11 p.m. and midnight. The neighbors heard shouts of ‘Stop it, that’s enough’.) He said the shouts were followed by silence, leading the neighbors to think Amado and Junjun settled their differences. However, at about 5:30 a.m., he said one of the neighbors saw blood flowing from the house. – VVP, GMA News
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