Teen, a PWD, dies in Cotabato shooting
Breaking News • 15:55 PM Mon Sep 1, 2014
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By:
Krezell Dianne Sampani, Radyo Bida-Cotabato
COTABATO CITY
(Sept. 2/NDBC) – Police remained clueless on the identities and motive behind
the murder of an 18-year-old teenager in a remote district of Barangay Bagua,
Cotabato City Tuesday dawn.
Supt. Rolen
Balquin, Cotabato City police chief, identified the victim as Suhangi Kutongan,
a resident of Barangay Kalanganan Mother.
Balquin,
quoting a report from police station 4, policemen were patrolling Kampo Muslim,
a secluded district in Barangay Bagua mother when they heard gun bursts.
Checking on
the reported shooting incident, the lawmen found the lifeless body of Kutongan
with a bullet wound on his head.
Police said
the victim was a person with disabilities and as to why he was shot remained
unknown as of posting time.
His relatives
are yet to come forward and issue statement.
Barangay Bagua
2 is among the villages under police watch due to the presence of loose
firearms and prohibited drugs. (NDBC)