A policeman was hurt when the convoy of the Agusan del Norte
governor and Nasipit town mayor was ambushed by an armed group at 11:20 a.m.
Thursday, in a remote village
of Nasipit
In an interview with the chief spokesperson of the police
regional headquarters here, PSupt. Martin M. Gamba, it was gathered that Agusan
del Norte Governor Maria Angelica Amante-Matba together with Nasipit town Mayor
Enrico Corvera came from a graduation and turnover rites of a school building
at Sitio Mimbahandi, Barangay Camagong, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte when they
were waylaid.
Gamba said that the governor, Mayor Corvera and party were
on their way back to the capitol when they were fired upon by the armed men
believed to be communist rebels.
It resulted in the wounding of PO1 Vincent Salvador
Doubuzet, a personnel of the Agusan del Norte Provincial Public Safety Company
(PPSC).
Doubuzet was among the joint police escorts composed of men
from the Agusan del Norte PPSC, Nasipit Municipal Police Station and Agusan del
Norte Provincial Police under PSSupt. Rommel Francisco D. Marbil.
Doubuzet was rushed to a hospital here in Butuan City
A hot pursuit operation is now being conducted by the police
and military teams against the perpetrators, according to Supt. Gamba.
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