A policeman was killed while another was wounded on two
separate incidents perpetrated by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) brigands in
Sulu, the military disclosed Saturday.
Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander,
identified the slain policeman as PO3 Espaldon Tingkahan, 40, assigned with the
Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC).
Arrojado said Tingkahan was shot to death around 5:40 a.m.
Saturday in the vicinity of the airport in Barangay Liang, Patikul, Sulu.
Arrojado said Tingkahan was having his morning jogging when
repeatedly shot by two unidentified persons who pretended to be among the
joggers.
The runway of the airport that stretches from Jolo town to
the municipality
of Patikul
Arrojado said troops of the Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion
stationed nearby responded and engaged the suspects in a shootout. The suspects
managed to escape towards the hinterlands.
The identity of the wounded policeman was not immediately
available except that he is assigned at the police outpost situated at the back
of provincial capitol building in Barangay Liang, Patikul.
Arrojado said the policeman was on duty together with
another policeman when fired upon by suspected ASG brigands Friday night.
The ASG brigands were gone before they could return fire.
Arrojado has reminded the troops under the Joint Task Group
Sulu to enforce personal and unit security measures to avoid becoming targets
of the ASG brigands.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=816319
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