Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Armed men harass police outpost in Agusan del Norte

From the Philippine News Agency (Apr 16): Armed men harass police outpost in Agusan del Norte

A police outpost manned by the first platoon of the Agusan del Norte Provincial Public Safety Company located in Barangay Tagcatong, Carmen, Agusan del Norte, which is under the supervision of PSInsp. Edgar Allan G. Serquina, was harassed by an armed group early morning on Tuesday.

Report from Agusan del Norte Police Provincial Office said that about five heavily armed men believed to be members of the Guerilla Front-4A of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) which is operating in the area were suspected to be the perpetrators.

According to police report, the armed men fired first towards the direction of the police outpost. A five-minute firefight then ensued with the attackers withdrawing, heading towards the southwest direction of the neighboring province of Misamis Oriental. No casualty was noted from both sides.

A joint force from the Agusan del Norte Police Provincial Office led by PSupt. Manuel P. Jimenez, the group commander of the Agusan del Norte Provincial Public Safety Company, PSInsp. Anthony Jess Punzalan and PSInsp. Marife M. Farol, chief of Carmen Municipal Police Station, responded and conducted ocular investigation of the vicinity of the outpost of the PPSC's first platoon.

The police investigators learned that the rebels positioned themselves seven meters away (air distance) and fired directly towards the outpost of the PPSC's 1st platoon.

Police investigators recovered from the crime scene: 22 spent cartridge cases of AK 47, six pieces live ammunition of AK 47 and an empty cartridge case of an M203.

Furthermore, when PSInsp. George M. Fernandez, Intelligence Officer of the Agusan del Norte PPO conducted an ocular inspection at the area, he found a spent shell of AK 47 and turned it over to the Carmen Municipal Police Station.

A clearing operation was also being conducted by PPO personnel led by PSInsp. Serquina. The recovered pieces of evidence will be turned over to the Crime Laboratory Office 13 for ballistic examination.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, three heavily armed men burned a backhoe 9:30 on Sunday evening at Purok 1, Diversion Road, Barangay Poblacion, Barobo, Surigao del Sur. Report from Surigao del Sur PPO said that the orange Caterpillar PC backhoe with Body No. 2229 is owned by L.C. Ting Constructtion, based here in Butuan City.

Barobo police investigators said that the perpetrators were seen on board a motorcycle and fired three times on air using an undetermined firearm and then fled from the area. Also along the way as they were making their escape, they also fired at an LGU outpost, detached an anti-NPA streamer, and destroyed the LGU tarpaulins hanging at nearby coconut trees. They fled heading toward San Francisco in Agusan del Sur.

Police are conducting a deeper probe on the incident for the possible identity of the perpetrators and to file the appropriate charges in court.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=635844

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