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| 8 robbers killed in Quezon shootout |
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| Monday, 08 February 2010 16:10 |
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CANDELARIA, Quezon – Eight suspected robbers were killed in a shootout with policemen manning a Commission on Elections checkpoint on Maharlika Highway in Barangay Bukal Sur here at dawn yesterday. Quezon police director Senior Supt Elmo Francis Sarona identified four of the fatalities as Samuel Leonico of Rosario, Albay, Jojo Salazar of Quezon City, Roger Baylon of Cainta, Rizal, and Mauricio Ilomen of Country Homes, Las Piñas City. The four others are still unidentified as of press time. Sarona said the shootout occurred at 5 a.m. after the driver of a Hi- Ace van (ZND- 912) refused to stop when flagged down in front of Quezon Provincial Public Safety Management Company under its commander Supt. Hansel Marantan. “The driver did not stop the vehicle. He instead rammed the van into the checkpoint barricade. Some of the van occupants fired at the policemen,” said Sarona. During the 15-minute firefight, seven of the suspects died on the spot while another died in the hospital, he said. Police recovered a US Carbine, a hand grenade, three .45 pistols, a .38 revolver and bullets. Heavy traffic ensued as policemen blocked vehicles coming from Metro Manila and Bicol and vice versa until members of the Scene of the Crime Operatives under Supt. Rufina Baldovino, chief of the Quezon Crime Laboratory, arrived. Initial Intelligence reports showed that the suspects were involved in robbery extortion and kidnap for ransom activities in the National Capital and Central Luzon regions. Sarona said they are tracking down eight other gang members. He said the license plates of the van belong to another vehicle. |
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