THE SPECIAL Investigation Task Group (SITG) Night Market is now preparing documents to file multiple murder charges against those responsible in the Sept. 2 Roxas bombing.
SITG commander Senior Supt. Valeriano De Leon said they have almost completed the investigation on the incident.
“We are completing the affidavit of the wounded victims as well as the relatives of death victims so the case folder will be submitted to the prosecution office,” de Leon said in a press conference held at the conference room in Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC).
De Leon, also the police regional deputy director for operations, said they already have 11 witnesses.
He said some of the victims, particularly those who are not from Davao City, have been moved back to their hometown.
“We have some victims as far as Maguindanao,” de Leon said. “We have investigators assigned to get affidavit of the victims who are no longer in the city.”
De Leon admitted they have yet to account the participation of the three other persons of interest in the case.
“We’ll gather more evidence,” he added. “We are trying to get more witnesses to collaborate the testimony.”
De Leon said that they are reviewing six closed-circuit television (CCTV) footages coming from establishments near the blast site.
He said that they are also looking into some personalities on their watch list of police characters.
“We have presented to the victims the list of personalities,” de Leon said.
He said they are making sure that they will be arresting the actual perpetrators.
“The primary task of the investigation team is to make sure that the responsible person is the one (arrested and brought to court),” de Leon said adding that some groups are muddling the case. “There’s a group which owned responsibility, then later denied involvement.”
He said they have yet to “really ascertain to the maximum the identity” of the perpetrators so they can’t associate yet any group to the explosion.
But the task force chief said they are still not discounting the involvement of narco-politicians in the incident.
Meanwhile, Col. Erwin Bernard Neri, the newly appointed Task Force Davao commander, said they have already requested additional forces from the 10th Infantry Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC).
“I will strengthen the security of the city,” he said. “We don’t want another incident.”
Neri said they are coordinating with the entire intelligence units the city.
“In coordination with Davao City Police Office, we are looking what groups are involved in the bombing,” Neri said.
Retired Col. Benito de Leon, the newly assumed PSSCC chief, also said that they are also doing their best in improving the security measures to ensure the safety of the city.
“We ask the public to be very vigilant and help the security forces to ensure the safety and security of our place,” the PSSCC chief. “Let’s help each other.”
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