The police concluded that it was Second District Rep.
Euranio Eriguel who was the target of the bomb explosion on Saturday in Agoo
town that hurt four of the congressman's bodyguards.
Supt. Angelito Dumangeng, La Union police director said,
" Politics is the motive in this incident because the target is
Congressman Eriguel."
"Yes, political rivals are behind the attack,"
Dumangeg said, without naming names.
Dumangeng said security in Agoo town, which is one of the
six areas in the province under ‘election watch-list,’ had been tightened as
military personnel were deployed on Monday to augment the police forces there.
He said they had leads on the identities of the perpetrators
of the bomb attack and joint personnel from the Explosive and Ordnance Division
of the police and military were now conducting investigation on the matter.
The incident happened just 50 meters away from Eriguel’s
house in Barangay Sta. Barbara. The lawmaker was about to go on a campaign
sortie when his back-up vehicle, a van carrying the four victims, was hit by
the bomb explosion.
The bomb, which was planted in a parked motorcycle, was
detonated through a remote control device that came a few seconds late and
missed Eriguel’s car.
Eriguel’s car suffered minor damages but the back-up vehicle
was severely damaged.
The injured victims were SPO2 Jack Baguan, Eriguel’s police
escort; Eriguel's aides Samuel Ofiaza and Anthony Casem; and Jovanne Cacayuran,
the driver.
There were unconfirmed reports that said Cacayuran, who was
in critical condition when taken to the hospital, has died at the Ilocos
Training and Medical Center in San
Fernando City
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=882045
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.