Authorities hinted sibling rivalry over land partition caused the killing of two farmers and the wounding of another in a remote village in the hinterland town of Matalam in North Cotabato Wednesday.
Inspector Elias Colonia, Matalam municipal police chief, identified the dead as Ephraim Parreno, 36, and Junnifer Lumaga, 32, both residents of Barangay Sarayan, Matalam.
The injured victim was identified as Welchie Parreno who, according to staff of a hospital here where he is being treated, is in critical condition.
Colonia said deep-seated sibling conflict about vast portion of land in Barangay Sarayan caused the killings.
Citing initial investigations, Colonia said Ephraim Parreno and his brother Welchie, both armed with pistols, stormed the house of their brothers Norman and Mario Parreno to confront them on how a portion of a land their parents left should be divided.
The confrontation became bloody after both groups, all armed, exchanged fires.
A witness said Mario's life was saved by his brother-in-law Lumaga who died on the spot after he received all the bullets that should have been for the former.
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