UNIDENTIFIED armed men torched a truck owned by a piggery farm on in Purok 3, at the boundary of barangays Lubogan and Alambre in Toril District, Tuesday morning.
Police estimated the amount of damage to reach P800,000.
Felipe Arcala, the driver of the Mercedez Benz truck owned by Juliana Farms, was loaded with 240 sacks of feeds when he was flagged down by the group.
Accordingly, one of the men asked Arcala to open the front hood of the truck before pouring two gallons of gasoline on its engine and lighting it on fire. They left on board two motorcycles toward Barangay Alambre.
Lt. Col. Francis Carter Sibal, Civil-Military Operations commander, told reporters during the AFP-PNP press conference yesterday that they do not think that it was a retaliation of the rebels after Kumander Parago’s death.
“We don’t consider it as revenge on Parago’s death,” he said.
He said he contacted 84th Infantry Battalion commander, Lt. Col. Arnold Bernardo, and found out that the owner did not receive any threat either through letter or text message.
Sr. Insp. Milgrace Driz, spokesperson of Davao City Police office, said they are still investigating the incident.
“It’s the NPA rebels who typically do something like this on alleged extortion,” she said.
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