IN NUMBERS: Attacks on elected officials in Negros Oriental since 2016

MANILA, Philippines --- A total of 43 elected government officials in Negros Oriental were victims of gun attacks from 2016 to March 2023, and of those, 33 were killed, the Philippine National Police (PNP) told senators on Monday. Brig. Gen. Romeo Caramat Jr., chief of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), bared these figures at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs. It was the committee's first hearing on political killings in the country, the latest of which is the assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo. The numbers do not include attacks on appointed government officials and civilians who were hurt or killed due...

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