Gunmen strafe house of ex-Army colonel in Kidapawan

KIDAPAWAN CITY - Unidentified gunmen strafed the house of a retired Army colonel in a remote village here Tuesday night, police said.A certain retired colonel Songcaya was not home when the gunmen fired automatic rifles on his home in Barangay Malinan, Kidapawan City.Michael Santander,
22 and Joel Vega, 37, both of Midsayap, North Cotabato farm-house caretaker told police investigators Nobody was hurt in the strafing incident. Responding elements of the PNP Scene of the Crime Operatives recovered fragments of hand grenade and 20 empty shells for M-16 Armalite rifle. In 2014, gunmen also strafed the house of Songcaya for still unknown reason. But police investigators believed the motive of the grenade attack and strafing was land dispute.