Local police engaged in a 10-minute running gun battle with
“bandits” in the hinterlands of this premier capital Monday noon.
Inspector Dennis Edsulo said that his team was serving a
warrant of arrest in the hinterlands of Tignapolo-an, about 26 kilometers
southwest of here, when waylaid by unidentified armed men.
“One of my colleagues saw that the unidentified armed men
were firing at us, which prompted us to duck for cover and returned fire,”
Edsulo said after reporting to the police station Monday afternoon.
He said that his team went to the area in guise of
conducting a “motorbike patrol” to serve the warrant of arrest on a wanted
person who was reported to be around in the area.
Edsulo said that the wanted person might have joined a group
of bandit who conducted the ambushed to prevent the serving the warrant of
arrest.
According to Edsulo, his team recovered a .45 caliber pistol
during a clearing operation, although the bandits were firing high powered
weapons.
“Except for minor bruises, no one was hurt in our team,”
Edsulo said.
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