A corporal of the Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT) 12
stationed in southern Palawan was killed early
Thursday morning in a firefight with still unidentified armed men that lasted
an hour at Sitio Boal-boal, Barangay Bono-bono, Bataraza.
Major Moli Alamia of the MBLT 12 said Corporal Alex de
Guzman died after he was hit by a bullet on the forehead during the heavy
exchange of gunfire in Bono-bono, just a few meters from the highway on a high
ground area.
He said that the incident happened around 6:10 a.m. and
ended an hour after.
De Guzman, who is from Jolo, Sulu, was shot by one of
allegedly 10 men, who were all carrying high-powered guns.
The MBLT 12 officer furthered De Guzman was part of an
eight-man team that was just on regular patrol because of the coming local
elections in the said barangay when the armed men engaged them by shooting
first.
De Guzman was the only fatality of the encounter, said
Alamia, while two were also dead in the enemy side, and others wounded.
When asked about the identity of the armed men or if the
incident was election-related, MBLT 12 Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Neph Padua
said they are still determining their identities with the help of the Palawan
Provincial Police Office (PPO).
On it being election-related, he said there are factors to
consider before such conclusion is drawn.
“With the help of the Provincial Police Office (PPO), we
will get down to the bottom of this latest incident in Bataraza,” Padua
Bataraza, a first class municipality in the province of Palawan ,
is under the areas of concern list of the police and the military following a
series of shooting incidents in the past months, according to Padua
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.