The
Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) on Tuesday has formally
charged the suspects in the Cagayan de Oro bombing 13 days ago in Limketkai
Complex, the City Prosecutor’s Office said on Wednesday.
City
Prosecutor Fidel Macauyag said that the CIDG has identified a certain “Usman
Hapids” and several other “John Does” in the criminal case with multiple murder
and multiple frustrated murder in connection with the bomb explosion at the
Rosario Arcade in Limketkai last July 26.
The
improvised explosive device (IED) reportedly armed with an 81 millimeter mortar
exploded outside the “Kyla’s Bistro” at Rosario Arcade killing six people and
wounding 46 others as participants in the mid-year convention of doctors and
medical professionals were partying.
Two
other critically wounded victims later died in local hospitals here bringing
the death toll to eight in one of the worst bombing incidents in the port
capital of Cagayan de Oro in recent years.
The
City Prosecutor’s office said that about six witnesses executed an affidavit
that they have positively identified “Usman Hapids” as the alleged person in
the computer generated profile of the suspect who allegedly placed the backpack
filled with explosive outside Kyla’s Bistro.
City
Councilor Ramon Tabor, chair of the city’s committee on police, security, and
public safety, said that the combined elements of the military and police in
coordination with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the CIDG
pooled resources together into an investigative task force.
He
said that Task Force Rosario Arcade became the leading investigative body that
formed a dragnet to identify, arrest, and charge the suspects in court.
According
to Tabor, some of the witnesses even collapsed when the law enforcers presented
the suspect to them for possible identification.
He
said that most of the witnesses were survivors of the tragic incident. “We
cannot discount the possibility that some witnesses continue to bear the
traumatic experience,” Tabor added.
Tabor
said that the military and police had identified the suspects few days after
the incident since the file photo of the suspect and the computer generated
image identically matched.
Prosecutor
Macauyag said cases filed were not bailable and that the prosecution would
conduct a preliminary investigation of the case as soon as possible.
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