From GMA News (Apr 15): Armed men attack LGU outpost in Surigao
Armed men attacked a local government unit outpost in Surigao del Sur on Sunday and burned a backhoe before fleeing, local police said Tuesday.
In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Barobo Police Station's investigator PO3 Val Warren Polancos said the incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The three armed men attacked the outpost at Purok-1 Diversion Road in Barangay Poblacion in Barobo town, Bombo Radyo reported.
Citing initial information from police, the report said the men set fire to an Orange Caterpillar PC200 Backhoe (body number 2229) owned by Laurence Ting of L.C. Ting Construction based in Butuan.
During the attack, the men also fired at the outpost and removed streamers reportedly containing slogans against the communist New People's Army (NPA).
The men, who rode on a motorcycle, also destroyed the LGU's tariff tarpaulins.
Polancos said they have yet to identify the suspects, nor the motive of the incident. "Hindi pa sigurado kung NPA nga o nanggugulo lang, pero inaalam pa," he added.
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Armed men attacked a local government unit outpost in Surigao del Sur on Sunday and burned a backhoe before fleeing, local police said Tuesday.
In a phone interview with GMA News Online, Barobo Police Station's investigator PO3 Val Warren Polancos said the incident occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.
The three armed men attacked the outpost at Purok-1 Diversion Road in Barangay Poblacion in Barobo town, Bombo Radyo reported.
Citing initial information from police, the report said the men set fire to an Orange Caterpillar PC200 Backhoe (body number 2229) owned by Laurence Ting of L.C. Ting Construction based in Butuan.
During the attack, the men also fired at the outpost and removed streamers reportedly containing slogans against the communist New People's Army (NPA).
The men, who rode on a motorcycle, also destroyed the LGU's tariff tarpaulins.
Polancos said they have yet to identify the suspects, nor the motive of the incident. "Hindi pa sigurado kung NPA nga o nanggugulo lang, pero inaalam pa," he added.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/356953/news/regions/armed-men-attack-lgu-outpost-in-surigao