Mother Loses 4th — and Last — Son to Davao Death Squad

Fernando’s Dead. Fernando Alia, the last remaining son of Bankerohan vegetable vendor Clarita Alia, was stabbed dead this morning, the fourth of the Alia children to have died in the hands of the so-called Davao Death Squath. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Clarita Alia, a vegetable vendor in Bankerohan, Davao City, frantically called members of the Davao media this morning to report that her son, Fernando, 15, was stabbed dead at around 3 in the morning today, Friday. Before this, she already lost three other sons to the so-called Davao Death Squad. Fernando was her last remaining son.

Check out these previous Davao Today stories on Clarita Alia and her family:
Last Son Alive | A Mother�s Plea, a City�s Madness | Rody’s War | Teenagers Perish in Davao’s Killing Fields

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