Motorbikes commonly used as get-away car of lawless elements

COTABATO CITY -- Motorcycles remain to be the favorite vehicle used by gunmen in carrying out executions as what happened in two North Cotabato towns.In Midsayap, North Cotabato, two men riding tandem on a motorbike shot dead Jerry dela Cruz, 39 of Barangay Poblacion 1 at past 1 a.m. Thursday. The gunmen fled on a motorbike.Dela Cruz sustained multiple gunshot wounds from cal. 45 pistol and died on the spot.Police remained clueless on the identities and motive of the attackers.In Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, a man was shot dead by two men he talked with minutes earlier, according to PO1 Kenneth Bueno, Pigcawayan PNP investigator.From the town's cockpit arena, the victim, Mamailo Alba of Barangay Malingao, Midsayap, was seen standing in front of a videoke and beer house in Barangay Midpapan when two men arrived.Alba and the two suspects had a conversation when the suspects pulled hand guns and shot him at past 6 p.m.Bueno said Alba appeared to be waiting for someone or something at a roadside prior to the incident. He died on the spot from cal. 45 an 9 mm pistol.The suspects fled using a black Kawasaki CT-110 Baja motorcycle.A police officer said crime suspects use motorbikes as getaway vehicles for easy maneuver and speed.