JOLO, Sulu – Despite of the closed implementation of the Comelec gun ban
shooting incidents still occurred in Kakuyagan
Village of Patikul in this province today that resulted to the death of Cpl. Timhar
Abdukasim of the Phil. Army and wounding Msgt. Datu Andan Duran of the Phil.
Airforce by unidentified perpetrators
onboard a motorcycle.
Police said Duran was rush to Zamboanga City for
medication.
P/SSupt. Antonio J. Freyra, PNP provincial director,
immediately dispatched his men after he received the reports about the incident
to trap the perpetrators. However, the killers had fled before operatives arrive
in the scene.
“We are not taking for granted about this incident
because we are implementing the gun ban order, “said Freyra.
Meanwhile, the two kidnap victims were released last May
6 by their abductors in Barangay Tanum, Patikul.
The two walked to the nearest house and rode a tricycle going
to the office of Engineer Abubakar and reported that no ransom was paid to the abductors.
Renato Yanga, owner of coffee shop in Jolo, is still in
the hands of his abductors, said Freyra.
