Joint police and Army personnel are hunting down members of
a kidnap for ransom gang who engaged soldiers in a brief firefight Tuesday
morning in Maguindanao.
Colonel Felicisimo Budiongan, commander of 1st Mechanized
Brigade, said a soldier was injured when a kidnap gang leader defied Army
troopers manning checkpoints and rammed on highway road blocks at 8:15 a.m.
Budiongan said a police law enforcement operation was
earlier conducted in Barangay Midtimbang, Talayan, Maguindanao against Saudi
Kasan, a known KFRG leader.
Operatives of PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
(CIDG) and PNP Special Action Force were closing in on Kasan’s location when he
fled.
Apparently, Kasan noticed the approaching lawmen at the
break of dawn and fled on board a red Mitsubishi Strada (MES-320).
At the military checkpoint, soldiers flagged down Kasan's
car for routine inspection but he ignored the soldiers and rammed on the concrete
road block and traded shots with Army personnel. The soldiers returned fire
until Kasan made good his escape.
Budiongan identified the injured soldier as Private First
Class Capadosa who was hit on his thigh.
Manhunt was quickly launched by joint Army and police forces.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=922523
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