North Cotabato grenade attack hurts 5
Breaking News • 14:57 PM Sat Jul 22, 2017
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By:
Edwin O. Fernandez
Police from Carmen MPS conduct post blast probe after a grenade attack Barangay Gen. Luna, Carmen, North Cotabato. (Photos by Carmen MPS)
CARMEN,
North Cotabato – Five persons were injured here when an
unidentified man tossed a hand grenade in the house where a village official
was dining with friends Friday night, police said.
Chief
Inspector Julius Malcontento, Carmen town police chief, said the grenade attack
transpired in a house in Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Gen. Luna, Carmen, North
Cotabato at about 6:45 p.m.
Malcontento
identified the victims who sustained shrapnel injuries as David Orteza, 50
Joel Aragon Henry Nobleza, 54 Darwin Ortiz, 15, a special child, all residents
of Barangay Gen. Luna and Armando Aquino, 51, of Barangay Barangay Aringay,
Kabacan, North Cotabato.
Malcontento
said Barangay Gen. Luna chairperson Renato Ortiz Jr and his companion-farmers
were having dinner in the house of a certain Larry Mundo in Purok Pag-asa hosting
a dinner with the four farmer victims in his home in Purok Pag-asa when a man
tossed a hand grenade and quickly fled.
Chairperson
Ortiz was unhurt.
Our
initial finding show it was triggered by land dispute involving the victims and
the attacker, Malcontento said.
Responding
police officers chased the suspect who managed to elude arrest. Investigation continues. Images below show the kubo where the victims had their dinner when the attack came. (Carmen MPS) sand//scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/20272036_1445615722167977_1390502913_n.jpg?oh=3ba2af7cc02efdd6e009324ffaa56b1dandampoe=597503A3 sand//scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/20227099_1445615592167990_351949400_n.jpg?oh=d5c83618bf61854dc3f8307f056a62c5andampoe=5973EB3D sand//scontent.fmnl4-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/20271960_1445615828834633_452225795_n.jpg?oh=5745172859b2ef131f0712db32537185andampoe=5974F839