Police and military personnel have taken safety measures to
prevent attacks against unarmed members of the Philippine Army following the
shooting and wounding of a soldier here Tuesday, police said today.
"We are working with the 7th Infantry Battalion,"
Senior Inspector Sindatu Karim, Pikit town police chief, said after
unidentified gunman shot and injured Sgt. Reniel Cabunducan, assigned with the
Artillery Operations Company of the 7th IB.
Cabunducan was biking at past 5 p.m. along Notre Dame Drive
Cabunducan, who was unarmed, was hit on his upper arm and
was rushed by passersby to the town hospital.
Karim said initial investigation showed that the suspects
who fired one shot fled on the same motorbike toward the interior portion of
Barangay Poblacion.
"It could be personal grudge but we are looking at
other angles at the same time we have devised measures to prevent similar
attacks on unarmed infantrymen in the future," Karim said.
According to Karim, police visibility in areas frequented by
unarmed soldiers and police officers was one of the preventive measures.
"We are taking an active stance," Karim told
reporters. "We have to admit that loose firearms proliferate in Pikit and
nearby towns of Maguindanao," he added.
The town police chief said most of the cases of crime
against life in Pikit was borne out of personal grudge and
"motornapping."
"Police visibility is one steps we are taking," he
said even as he urged residents to report any suspicious looking individuals on
motorbikes to prevent crimes from happening.
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