Peace and Order

COTABATO CITY --- Two men riding a motorcycle together set off a grenade near the entrance to the municipal police station in Carmen town in Cotabato late Thursday, causing panic among residents.

In a statement Friday, the Carmen municipal police said no one was hurt in the explosion but the bombing sent people around running for their lives.

Probers are still trying to identify the bombers, who immediately sped away after one of them hurled the fragmentation grenade near the entrance to the police station.

COTABATO CITY  – The autopsy reports on the remains of three teenagers slain during law enforcement operation in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat will soon come out as Sen. Robin Padilla has called for deeper probe on the incident.

Atty. Ronald Torres, lead legal counsel of the victims’ families, said the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) chemists have completed the forensic examination and may release its findings in a week or two.

On Tuesday, Torres met anew with the families of slain teenagers to provide updates on the ongoing probe by various investigating agencies.

COTABATO CITY – An Army private was injured after he was shot by his colleague in Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur over the weekend, the police today said.

In a belated report Brig. General Neil Alinsañgan, police director for Zamboanga peninsula, identified the victim as Private First Class Albert Alain, 25, of the 549th Engineering Battalion base in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte and the suspect as Corporal Erwin Quevbe.

Both Alain and Queve belonged to the 549th Army Engineering Battalion based in Camp Siongco, Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

ALEOSAN, North Cotabato ---- Nine got killed, five of them members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit, in a series of related encounters Friday in an interior barangay here.

In a statement Saturday, the Aleosan Municipal Police Station, headed by Major Jennefer Amotan, identified the CAFGU members killed in the hostilities in Sitio Mantawak, Barangay Tapudoc as Ramel Santillan, Jomar Roben, Jesry Galo, Melvin Cabrera and Johnrey Cabrera.

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat - Tiniyak ni PNP provincial director Colonel Christopher Bermudez na patas ang gagawing imbestigasyon sa pagkasawi ng tatlong mga binatilyo sa Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat. 

TACURONG CITY --- The families of the three adolescents killed in an alleged shootout with policemen late Friday have urged the Commission on Human Rights to put closure to the incident.

The fatalities, Samanudin Ali, Horton Ansa, Jr. and cousin Arsad Ansa, died instantly from gunshot wounds and were immediately buried by relatives in keeping with Islamic tradition of burying the dead within 24 hours after death.

PIKIT, North Cotabato - Patay ang isang hindi pa nakilalang lakaking naka motor nang barilin ng di pa nakilalang gunman alas 9:30 ng umaga ngayong araw ng linggo.

Nagpapatuloy pa ang imbestigasyon ng Pikit PNP at inaalam pa ang pagkakilanlan ng biktima pero napag-alam ng PNP na ito ay taga Manaulanan, Pikit, North Cotabato. 

Ang biktima ay nagmamaneho ng kulay itim na Suzuki Rider sa harap ngpamilihang bayan ng Pikit nang pagbabarilin ng suspect gamit ang pinaniniwalaang caliber .45 pistol. 

TACURONG CITY  – Police authorities in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat gunned down three teenagers who resisted checkpoint inspection and engaged pursuing lawmen in gunfight at past 12 midnight, police said.

Major Jenahmeel Toñacao, Lambayong town police chief, said the police were conducting crime prevention operation in Purok 4, Barangay Didtaras, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat at past 12 midnight.

The police noticed three men on board a motorbike heading toward the town proper and flagged them down for inspection.

COTABATO CITY - A villager was killed while two minors were hurt in another gun attack here late Thursday.

In an initial statement Friday, the Cotabato City Police Office said the fatality, Mohammar Cabilona Mamalangkay, 24, died instantly from bullet wounds sustained in the attack.

Two others, Hamsa Amil Ambiton, 17, and the 12-year-old Mujaheed Salvador Andig, were hit by stray bullets, now both in a hospital.

COTABATO CITY - Anti-narcotics agents seized P3.4 million worth of shabu from two peddlers entrapped in Wao town in Lanao del Sur Tuesday.

Rogelito Daculla, director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region said Wednesday the duo, Jamel Sandulong Mabpan, 34, and his 41-year-old accomplice, Daud Tidong Lios, are now both in their custody.