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Monsignor Elmer Abacahin, a Roman Catholic priest, who officiated an interfaith mass at the site of the bombing in Limketkai’s Commercial Complex, said in his homily that the Cagayanons were saddened of the bombing that shocked the entire country as well.
“Today, we commemorate one of the darkest history of terrors that shook the island of Mindanao with an optimism that justice be delivered to the victims and an ardent prayer that such inhumanity would never take place again,” Abacahin said.
The bombing that ripped through a crowd of professionals and visitors who were attending a national convention of doctors killed a medical practitioner and a member of the provincial board of Misamis Oriental.
Dan Lagbas, the eldest son of Misamis Oriental provincial board member Roldan Lagbas who died in the bomb explosion, said that his family is still craving for justice that led to the death of his father.
“There are times of the day that my mother cry for no reason at all. We know that she and us, the children, the excruciating pain of losing a husband and a father,” the young Lagbas said.
He said that the Lagbas family no longer heard updates of the bombing since the last time – two months after the bombing incident – that the family heard that the military and the police already identified the alleged suspects and perpetrators of the dastardly act.
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have filed multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder against a certain “Usman Hapids” and five others in connection with the Limketkai bombing. However, the suspects have remained at large to this day.
The Limketkai bombing here occurred just as the city government was in the thick of preparing for the annual fiesta celebration in August.
City Councilor Ramon Tabor, chair of the city council committee on police, fire and public safety, on Monday expressed the concern on the city’s peace and order.
Tabor told the city council that prior to the bombing incident, there was a big event, which was the signing of the peace agreement between the MILF and the national government at that time.
He said that the bombing incidents also took place in Zamboanga, Cotabato and Maguindanao.
Tabor warned the local police to be vigilant for fear that some groups might also want their presence felt at times when people are busy for a big event.
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