At least nine suspected drug pushers and users were killed by unidentified assailants in

various parts of Metro Manila over the past two days.

Among those killed is former policeman Richard Mendoza, 35, considered a high-value
target in Muntinlupa City.

Mendoza had just alighted from his vehicle when four men riding two motorcycles shot
him just before 7 p.m. in Barangay Poblacion, said Superintendent Jenny Tecson,
Southern Police District spokesperson.

Tecson said the assailants, all wearing helmets and black jackets, fled toward National
Road.

In Pateros, Daniel Yusay was in his home in E. Ragas Subdivision when a group of
assailants, all wearing bonnets, shot him at around 1 a.m., said Senior Police Officer 2
Felicisimo Brijuega.

He said Yusay, who was jobless, was allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade in the
area.

Four of those killed were alleged drug users in Caloocan City, the Northern Police
District reported.

The first casualty was Valentino Naraga, who was shot dead along Saint Bernadette
street in Barangay 186, Tala at past 8 p.m. Monday.

Ranalyn Dangcalan was killed an hour later in Barangay 178, Camarin.

Shortly before 11 p.m., tricycle driver Henry Aribaca was gunned down in Barangay
176, Bagong Silang.

At around 3 a.m. yesterday, four masked men drove up to Erwin Bernal’s house in
Barangay 146, Bagong Barrio and shot the alleged user, 48, as he was sleeping on a
sofa near his home.

According to police, the four victims have two things in common – all of them, at one
time or another, used illegal drugs, and they were all killed by unidentified men.