PIKIT, North Cotabato -- Police and military authorities here have launched manhunt
against three men believed to be extortion gang members who shot dead a bus
driver and a passenger Monday afternoon.
"Our police have the identities of the suspects, the
long arm of the law will soon catch up with them," Tayong told the
Philippine News Agency.
A retired soldier, sitting behind the bus driver, and a male
passenger, were also injured by stray bullets.
The Pikit Police office said killed were Mindanao Start
(MWB-935) driver Ticson Tigas, 33, resident of Sitio Daniel, Barangay Galakit,
Pagalungan, Maguindanao and passenger Magdalena Chavez Cabaya, 43, of Midsayap,
North Cotabato.
Injured was Mohammad Piling, an ex-Army, and an unidentified
passenger who sustained minor injury, as listed by the police. Several other
passengers were also hurt after the bus slammed on a dump truck in front of it
following the shooting.
Tigas died on the spot while Cabaya was declared dead on
arrival at the Cruzado
Hospital
Tayong said the bus was heading to Cotabato
City from Davao City
"Our initial investigation showed the suspects had acts
to grind against the bus driver," he said.
Tayong said the suspects shot the bus driver using cal. 45
pistol. Several empty shells were recovered at the crime scene, particularly in
front of National Irrigation Administration (NIA) provincial office in Barangay
Batulawan.
The crime scene was about 800 meters away from two Army and
para-military detachments.
Following the incident, the suspects sped away toward the
interior portion of Batulawan. Witnesses described them as about 20 to 25 years
old, who wore face masks and bull caps on board a motorbike without license
plate.
Tayong said police visibility and Oplan Lambat Sibat has
been intensified.
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