Agusan del Norte Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba at a Peace and Order council meeting January 28, 2015. Photograph by Erwin Mascarinas.
Agusan del Norte Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba escaped harm but a police officer was wounded after her convoy was ambushed at the barangay road of Camagong in the town of Nasipit in Agusan del Norte, Thursday morning.
Supt. Martin Gamba, spokesperson of the Caraga Regional Police Office 13, pointed out that the incident happened after the governor attended the turnover ceremony of a school building.
"At around 11:20 in the morning at kilometer 12, Sitio Mimbahandi, Barangay Camagong, while they were traveling back to Butuan City, several rounds of gunfire were heard, and the vehicle of the police escorts trailing the vehicle of the governor was hit," said Gamba.
Supt. Gamba explained that, if not for the quick reaction and fast cruising speed of the vehicle, several more persons could have been wounded, or killed.
"The police escorts told us that, immediately after they heard the gunfire, the vehicles just accelerated out of the area. The last vehicle with the wounded police officer sustained several hits, but no one was killed in the ambush," said the regional police spokesperson.
Gamba disclosed the name of the wounded police officer as PO1 Vincent Dubouzet, who was immediately rushed to MJ Santos Hospital in Butuan City with a bullet wound on his right shoulder.
Maj. Gen. Oscar Lactao, commander of the Philippine Army 4th Infantry Division, told journalists that this was "an action perpetuated by the New People’s Army (NPA), which is directing their effort toward sabotage and making it difficult for our government to deliver services, such as education, and facilities reaching far flung communities," said Lactao.
Capt. Patrick Martinez, deputy public affairs officer of the 4th Infantry Division, stated that soldiers from the Army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade have been deployed in the area and are working closely with police personnel from the Regional Public Safety Company.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/107751/gov-amante-survives-ambush-cop-wounded-in-nasipit-agusan-del-norte
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