Police and military teams are now conducting hot pursuit
operations against the armed group who ambushed a Bureau of Jail Management and
Penology (BJMP) vehicle transporting inmates on Monday morning at a southern
province in the region.
Four were hurt (three jail officers and an inmate) while two
jail guards and an inmate were also missing after the incident.
Reports from Surigao del Sur Police to the regional
headquarters here said that heavily armed men ambushed a Bureau of Jail
Management and Penology (BJMP) 7:45 on Monday morning along national highway,
Brgy. Amontay, Marihatag town in Surigao del Sur.
The BJMP vehicle was transporting three BJMP personnel, two
provincial guards and two inmates from Tandag City
Wounded during the incident were Jail Officer 1 Denvert
Balan, Jail Officer 3 Alfredo E. Galindo, Jail Officer 1 Roger L. Sarpeda and
an inmate identified as Robert L. Rivas. Rivas is facing a charge for violation
of RA 8294 “Codifying the laws on illegal or unlawful possession, manufacture,
dealing in, acquisition or disposition of firearms, ammunition or explosives,
and imposing penalties for certain violations thereof and for relevant
purposes”, in relation to RA 10591 also known as “Comprehensive Firearms and
Ammunition Regulation Act”.
The wounded were rushed to the Adela Sierra Ty Memorial
Hospital in Tandag
City
Two jail guards identified as Provincial Guards Security
Officer 2 (SO2) Feliciano S. Polan and SO2 Juan O. Salazar and an inmate
identified as Jojean M. Alameda were missing and believed to be abducted by the
fleeing armed men before the reinforcement arrived. Alameda
Four 9mm pistols, 2 M4s (Baby Armalite) all issued by the
government and a Caliber .45 pistol, a personal firearm of SO2 Polan were taken
by the armed group before fleeing the area of incident.
Gamba in the same interview said that there were no reports
yet received by their office on the moves or measures taken by the local crisis
management committee in order to address the recent incident of abduction.
The police regional spokesperson however said that police is
also investigating another incident where another armed group blocked a portion
of the national highway of the adjacent barangay where the BJMP vehicle ambush
just a matter of minutes after the incident took place on Monday morning.
The armed group flagged down and torched a van owned by
DOLE, a banana plantation company.
Police reports had it that the incident happened in Barangay
Antipolo (and adjacent barangay of Amontay), still in Marihatag, Surigao del
Sur.
The van was reportedly traveling from Davao
City going towards the town of Tago
Police personnel from Marihatag Police Station immediately
responded and cleared the highway of the barricades. The report also said that
all nearby police stations and Surigao del Sur Provincial Public Safety Company
(SDSPPSC) immediately set up a checkpoints at the strategic locations in their
areas. The Provincial Crime Laboratory Office processed the crime scene while
troopers from the SDSPPSC and troops from the 36the Infantry Battalion,
Philippine Army linked up in Brgy. Tagmalinao, Cagwait in the said province to
conduct joint and hot pursuit and clearing operations.
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