PAGADIAN CITY: Two passengers who turned out to be
hold-uppers killed the van driver they were riding with and wounded two others
in a heist in the nearby Sibugay, police report reaching The Philippine Preview
said, Monday.
Police Regional Office-9 information officer Insp. Dahlan
Samuddin said the incident took place Sunday morning along the national highway
at Sitio Kinner, Lapaz, Naga, Zambo Sibugay.
Samuddin identified the fatality as Miguelito
Lacanaria, a resident of Buug, Zambo Sibugay, who sustained multiple gunshot
wounds and died on the spot.
Wounded were Jovie Balucos and her two-year-old
daughter, Samuddin said. They were admitted at the hospital for treatment.
Police investigation said the passenger van driven
by Lacanaria was loaded with 15 passengers and going to Ipil when the robbers
declared a stick-up at Lapaz, Naga.
Police also said the suspects boarded the van in the
Crossing of Sta. Clara, Naga. One of them seated at the back while the other
positioned at the back of the driver seat.
Samuddin said the driver was repeatedly shot and
killed when the he resisted and tried to disarm one of the suspects.
Balucos and her daughter were hit by stray bullets
in the process as the suspects fled away aboard a waiting motorcycle after
divesting the passengers of undetermined cash and valuables, the PNP added.