Eleazar Matta, Laguna police chief, said Dimatulac and his companion identified only as an alias “Quintin” were killed in a buy-bust operation at 2:05 a.m. Friday in Barangay (village) 1B. Matta said Quintin was a member of the Batang Kubo gun-for-hire group that operated in Laguna, Batangas, Cavite, and Quezon provinces. The Laguna police carried out 24 operations within 24 hours since Thursday under the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation, Matta said. In Cabuyao City, separate operations were conducted at 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Friday in Barangay Banlic and Barangay Banay-banay, respectively. Suspect Rommel Baladad was killed in a buy-bust operation around 9 p.m. Thursday in a vacant lot near a mall in Barangay Tagapo, Sta.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 14, 2018 08:48 UTC