THE SPECIAL Investigation Task Group (SITG) investigating the Roxas night market yesterday released the artist sketches of the three other suspects in the Sept. 2 blast that killed 15 people and injured 69 others.
This is in addition to the bonnet-and-mask-wearing “prime suspect,” whose sketch was released last week.
Senior Supt. Michael John Dubria, the task group assistant commander, said the sketches of the three more suspects — all males — were based on the eyewitnesses’ accounts.
“They were seen acting suspiciously in the area before the blast,” Dubria said.
The first of the additional three suspects, tagged as A, is around 38-40 years old, 5’5 in height, muscular in built with fair complexion. The second suspect, tagged as B, is around 30 years old, 5’7 in height, slim in built with fair complexion.
The third suspect, tagged as C, is around 30-33 years old, 5’5 in height, slim built with fair complexion.
The prime suspect, which was tagged as D in the sketch, is around 30-35 years old, 5’7 to 5’8 in height, moreno with slim in built, and sporting a gouty. He was the one wearing a bonnet and a face mask at the time of the incident. He was identified to have placed the bomb at the busy Roxas night market.
Aside from the four suspects already with sketches, Dubria said there are five other suspects, three of whom are female, still with no sketches.
The police filed multiple murder and frustrated murder cases against the nine suspects in connection with the blast on Wednesday afternoon, 12 days after the incident.
The suspects are facing multiple murder charges based on the affidavit of the families of the seven out of 15 slain victims and multiple frustrated murder charges based on the affidavits submitted by 31 injured victims. Eight other witnesses have filed their affidavits. Other victims have yet to submit their affidavits.
Dubria said they have already identified the prime suspect, but refused to release his name to the public. The rest are still unidentified, as they are only named as John Does and Jane Does in the charge sheet.
The prime suspect was said to be the one who placed the bag with the improvised explosive device in the massage area that blasted, killing 10 persons on the spot and wounded 74 others. The death toll now stands at 15, as one of the victims, a pregnant massage therapist, died on Monday.
“We are coordinating with the City Prosecutors Office and all police units that are conducting operation against these people,” Dubria said.
The police chief belied reports that the prime suspect is the son of Zulkifli Abdhir, aka Marwan, a Malaysian who was one of the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists that was killed on January 25, 2015 by Special Action Force (SAF) officers during the raid that culminated in the infamous Mamasapano clash that led to the deaths of 44 members of SAF, 18 from MILF and BIFF, and five civilians.
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