A police officer was shot dead by still undetermined number of gunmen who allegedly tried to abduct him in his house in Agusan del Norte, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported Friday. The abductors are said to be members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Senior Police Officer 1 Reil Morgado (PNP / MANILA BULLETIN)
PNP chief, Director General Oscar Albayalde identified the slain cop as Senior Police Officer 1 Reil Morgado, assigned at Santiago Municipal Police Station in Agusan del Norte.
According to a police report received by Albayalde from Chief Supt. Gilbert Cruz, regional director of Caraga Police Regional Office (PRO-13), Morgado was resting in his home in Purok 4, Barangay Jagupit around 8:30 p.m. Thursday when the incident occurred.
Morgado allegedly noticed a couple of suspicious-looking men surrounding his house, Cruz said.
Accordingly, Morgado prepared his service firearm and went out of the house to investigate.
However, the victim was met with a series of gunshots from the suspects, Cruz said.
“He managed to return fire but was subsequently felled by multiple gunshot wounds,” Cruz stated in his report.
After the shootout, the suspects looted some personal belongings of Morgado, including his service firearm.
The suspects then sped off to an unknown direction onboard two Rusi 150cc motorcycles, Cruz said.
A confidential informant then led the investigators to the nearby Purok 8 in Barangay Poblacion where authorities placed under police custody three “habal-habal” drivers identified as Renato Caerleng, 34; Ryan James Caerleng, 18 and Riedel Cabello, 26.
The said drivers allegedly drove the motorcycles used by the suspects in their escape.
Meanwhile, Albayalde extended the condolences of the PNP to the bereaved family of Morgado. He assured them of all state benefits due for personnel who died while in the line of duty.
Cruz believes the suspects are members of the CPP-NPA but he has yet to provide concrete details to back up his claims.
Albayalde reminded all policemen to always be on guard especially after the CPP ordered the NPA, its armed wing, to intensify its attacks across the country with the recent approval of the third extension of martial law in Mindanao.
me for the return to power of politicians tainted with corruption and abuse of power; and the administration’s support to control the minds of the people by manipulating public opinion through the employment of fake news providers – strike at the very core of democratic values and institutions.”
For the teachers, the extension of martial law and the so-called “whole-of-nation” approach of the administration in its “anti-communist drive” would further “aggravate” the current situation. “In the end, it will be the people who will bear the brunt of such consolidation of the authoritarian character in the Duterte regime,” the group ended.
On December 12, the Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao for another year or from January 1 until December 31, 2019.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/12/14/cop-killed-after-fighting-off-npa-abductors-pnp/
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