Major general tomas karingal biography
Major general tomas karingal biography
Tomas karingal biography.
Tomas Karingal
Filipino retired military officre and former police general (–)
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Boniceli and the surname or paternal family name is Karingal.
Tomas Boniceli Karingal (December 30, – 24 May ) was a Filipino soldier, war hero and police general who became one of the leading commanders of the Philippine Constabulary (PC) in Metro Manila and Chief of the Quezon City Police Department during the martial law regime of President Ferdinand Marcos.
He was assassinated in by the Alex Boncayao Brigade, then the urban-assassination unit of the communist New People's Army.
Early life and career
Karingal was born in December 30, in Pasacao, Camarines Sur.[1] In , he joined the Philippine Constabulary as a regular patrolman.
When the Philippine Military Academy was established in Baguio in , Karingal signed up to become part of its pioneer batch but flunked out after only a year. Nevertheless, he