A container van loaded with banana fruits were set on fire
by heavily armed men Thursday afternoon in a coastal municipality of a southern
province in the region.
Belated reports from Surigao del Sur Police Provincial
Office reaching the regional headquarters here on Friday said that the
container van loaded with bananas, owned by DOLE Philippines, was set on fire
by about seven men armed with AK47 at Sitio Nangka, Guinhalinan, Barobo,
Surigao del Sur at 4:56 p.m. on Thursday.
The van marked GESEACO, bearing Body Number GESU 937712-9
was attached to an orange prime mover (TYA 973) with Body Number 07 and owned
by a certain Allan Bernal, a resident of Poblacion, Barobo of the said
province.
It was manned by Edgar J. Fedillaga, 44; resident of
Cabangohan, Panabo
City Davao
City
Police also said that the armed men ordered the driver to
disembark, confiscated his cellular phone and ordered him to open the container
van. The driver said that one of the armed men poured about two gallons of
gasoline inside the van and then set it on fire. The driver was however
released with the prime mover.
The estimated cost of the damage is anbout Php 2 million.
Initial police investigation showed the DOLE Philippines refusal to give in to
the extortion activities of the lawless elements motivated the burning of the
van.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=735746
Other reports suggest that this was Maoist New People's Army activity.
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