Suspected communist rebels killed four policemen in an ambush in Ayungon, Negros Oriental yesterday.
A report reaching Camp Crame in Quezon City stated that the four cops were assigned to the Nabingca post in Barangay Mabayo in Ayungon.
The policemen were on board motorcycles when they were waylaid in Sitio Yamot in Barangay Mabato at around 2 p.m.
“They were hit on the different parts of their body which caused their instantaneous death,” the report said.
The rebels fled after the ambush, leaving behind the cadavers of the four policemen. (Aaron Recuenco)