DUMAGUETE CITY – An intelligence officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP) survived a strafing incident at his house in Barangay Botong, Manjuyod town in Negros Oriental, Sunday night.
A police report on Monday said that SPO1 Marjun Cadiz, intelligence PNP Non-Commissioned Officer (PNCO) of the Manjuyod Police Station, was hit on his left arm but managed to take cover in his room when unidentified suspects fired at his residence around 7 p.m.
Initial police investigation disclosed that Cadiz was about to have his dinner when his mother-in-law heard bursts of gunfire. The policeman shouted to his family to duck and take cover.
After the shooting, four empty shells of caliber 5.56 rifle were recovered at a grassy area about 100 meters away from the lawman’s home.
Cadiz was rushed to a hospital in this city for treatment of his arm wound and has been declared out of danger.
Meanwhile, Senior Insp. Antonio Jabar, Manjuyod police chief, in a telephone interview said he has advised police personnel to be extra careful and vigilant following the attack on Cadiz.
“Kaganinang buntag akong gisultihan ang akong mga tawo nga dili magkumpyansa (I have told my men not take any chances),” said Jabar, adding that police investigators are still “looking deeply into the strafing incident”, which they believed was perpetrated by the NPA.
According to the town police chief, the Manjuyod PNP and those of neighboring towns like Mabinay, Bindoy, and Ayungon are on full alert status because of the presence of suspected NPA members. (PNA)
