Police Corporal John John Anaya, 37, was alone at the Highway Police Assistance Desk or HI-PADS at Barangay Bancal, just 2-3 kilometers away from the Alimodian Police Station and within the vicinity of the Aleosan District Hospital.
Anaya was with Barangay Kagawad Lemuel Almendral and barangay tanod chief Willy Brania when 15 armed rebels stormed the Hi-PAD at around 4:50 p.m. of April 27, 2019.
The suspects were on board two tricycles, which they earlier hijacked at Barangay Si-ol, Leon town from drivers Ernesto Cajilo and Javier Cadao.
The rebels immediately ran towards the police desk and, at gunpoint, took Anaya’s service firearm.
Anaya said around 6 armed men poked guns at him.
Almendral and Brania were not spared.
Anaya said he was left with no choice but to surrender.
The other rebels stood as lookouts and secured the area for their withdrawal.
The NPA rebels took Anaya’s service firearms – an M16 armalite rifle (serial number 162499) and a caliber .9mm Taurus pistol (serial number TCW 36503) – with two magazines for the pistol and five magazines for the rifle.
The rebels also took his mobile phone, bag containing his wallet with cash, a PNP-owned handheld radio, and the barangay-owned handheld radio.
The suspects fled after taking the cop’s rifles and belongings.
Corporal Gary Anzures allegedly accompanied Anaya before the incident happened.
But Anzures allegedly went out to attend to personal necessities when the attack occurred.
COWARDICE
Police Colonel Marlon Tayaba, Iloilo police chief, labeled the attack as a sign of desperation and cowardice on the part of the NPA.
“If they’re up to the challenge, they wouldn’t have attacked a single-manned police desk,” he said.
Asked what could be the motive behind the disarming, Tayaba said the rebels might have thought of retaliating after a series of blows from government forces.
“Maybe, they thought that they could malign us and put the PNP in a bad light. But they’re wrong, what they showed was how coward they are,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tayaba said he already ordered an investigation on Police Lieutenant Danilo Noca and other personnel of Alimodian PNP.
There should have been three personnel assigned at the Hi-PAD when the attack happened.
CHARGES
Tayaba said they would file charges against the NPAs for robbery and carnapping.
The rebels allegedly tied Cajilo and Cadao with a packaging tape after they commandeered the duo’s tricycle.
Based on the area of operation, the NPAs may have been led by Nahum Camariosa and Joven Cadaren.
But witnesses only identified Cadaren and a certain Albert Camot of Barangay Toog, Leon as 2 of the 15 attackers.
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