From the Sun Star-Zamboanga (May 21): Town police chief wounded in ambush
THE police chief in one of the 16 towns in Zamboanga Sibugay was wounded while his personnel escaped unscathed in an ambush Thursday, May 19 in Sinusayan, Malangas, of the said province.
Superintendent Rogelio Alabata, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula spokesman, identified the wounded official as Inspector Dexter Adrias, the officer-in-charge of the police station in Malangas, Zamboanga Sibugay.
The spokesman said the ambush occurred when combined police and military operatives were on a mission to serve an arrest warrant against Kahal Abdu for the crime of murder and piracy issued by the Regional Trial Court Branch 51 of Puerto Princesa City, Palawan.
He said unidentified gunmen positioned in an elevated area, opened fire at the convoy of police and military vehicles on the way to serve the warrant of arrest against Abdu.
Alabata said the gunmen fled after the troops returned fire. The police chief was rushed to the hospital.
http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2016/05/21/town-police-chief-wounded-ambush-474906
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