TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte, Philippines \u2013 Four farm caretakers were stabbed and hacked to death by unidentified men in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley, on Sunday, police on Monday said.<\/p>\n\n
The victims who included a 13-year-old boy were hogtied and their bodies bore stab and hack wounds when discovered by residents at Purok (Community) 3, Barangay (the village of) Basak around 8:25 a.m., said Supt. Antonio Rivera, Southern Mindanao police spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n
Rivera identified the victims as Ramil Quilaton, 31; Ruel Quilaton, 36; John Mark Diongson; and 13-year old Diongson. The victims were residents of Purok 9, Poblacion village, in Compostela municipality.<\/p>\n\n
The victims were caretakers of a track of land in Basak where a relative of the Quilatons is a tenant. Authorities were eyeing land dispute as one of the possible angles behind the killing.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cThe Nabunturan police are still ascertaining the circumstances as well as the possible motive and suspects behind this,\u201d Rivera told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by text message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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