From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 16, 2021): Cops hunt down suspects in NoCot grenade attack (By Edwin Fernandez)
SCENE RESPONDERS. An ambulance and police patrol car respond to a grenade blast incident along the national highway in Matalam, North Cotabato late Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2021) that injured three, including a minor. A manhunt is underway against the perpetrators who fired at the victims before tossing a grenade. (Photo courtesy of Matalam MPS)
Joint police and military forces here are hunting down two suspects responsible for the grenade attack Wednesday night in Matalam, North Cotabato that left three persons, including a minor, hurt.
Major Junrel Amotan, Matalam town police chief, said Thursday the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade is helping the police locate the perpetrators.
Amotan said the blast occurred at past 9 p.m. along the national highway in Barangay Kilada.
Amotan identified the victims as Elizabeth, Florencio, and a 10-year-old boy, all surnamed Wahing and residents of Barangay Poblacion in the same town.
“They sustained shrapnel wounds in different parts of their bodies and are now confined in a municipal hospital,” the police official said in an interview by reporters here.
The victims were all in front of a roadside store when two men on a motorbike arrived and fired shots using a pistol.
“The attackers then tossed a hand grenade and sped away,” Amotan said quoting witnesses.
Police found empty shells for a .45-caliber pistol at the scene.
A closed-circuit television camera footage showed the suspects on a motorbike were seen suspiciously roaming near the store before the blast.
Amotan said the identities and motive of the attackers are being determined.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1162926
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