Members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), together with the Regional Mobile Group and Army units are now conducting hot pursuit operations against the gunmen who shot and killed Gonzaga town mayor Carlito Pentecostes Jr. during flag-raising ceremonies Monday morning.
This was revealed by Major Emmanuel Garcia, 1st Civil Relations Group commander, in a message to the PNA.
He also clarified that only Pentecostes was killed in the attack perpetuated by camouflage clad men around 7:30 a.m.
Return fire from security forces present in the flag-raising ceremony eventually drove off the gunmen who fled using two vans and a commandeered police vehicle.
"Soldiers from the 502nd infantry Brigade are coordinating closely with the PNP for appropriate action while CAFGU detachments were directed to conduct checkpoints operations," Garcia concluded.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=636655
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