Army major, soldier killed by fellow soldier in Tagum

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TWO Army soldiers, including a major, were killed and another was injured when a soldier went amuck inside an Army camp in Tagum City in Davao del Norte on Tuesday night.

The fatalities were Maj. Franklyn Embat and T/Sgt. Sandato Tuma, executive officer and sergeant major, respectively, of the Army’s 10th Civil Military Operations Battalion based in Barangay San Agustin, Tagum City.

The suspect, S/Sgt. Arvin Bureros, also assigned with the battalion, is under the custody of the Tagum City police station for further investigation.

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The Army’s 10th Infantry Division, based in Davao de Oro, said Bureros walked pass the formation area of fellow soldiers inside the camp at around 6:45 p.m., shouted “taposon na nato ni” (let us finish this), then fired his rifle at Embat and Tuma.

Maj. Mineheart Maliawao, the battalion’s personnel officer, engaged Bureros in a gun scuffle and secured Burero’s rifle.

Pacifying troops, however, released Bureros because he had a pistol. Burero fled but later surrendered to barangay officials, who turned him over to the Tagum City police station.

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