Saturday, October 14, 2006 5 rebels involved in airport attack nabbed in Calatrava
FIVE members of the Komiteng Reheyon Negros Larangan Guerella 3 (KRN-LG3), including three minors, who were responsible in bombing the Hanjin Construction Company in Silay City were nabbed Thursday at Calatrava, Negros Occidental.
Nabbed in a follow up operation of the Calatrava personnel were Nathanniel Alisgar, 18 Noel Tapio, 18 of Crispin Sagay, two 15-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy.
During the operation, an M16 armalite rifle was recovered from Alisgar while a Thompson rifle was recovered from Tapio.
Chief Superintendent Geary Barias of the Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 said the five members are now under interrogation to determine their participating in the incident.
Barias added that they were among the 30 armed men who bombed the Hanjin Construction Company last Sunday, which resulted to P50 million in damages.
“We are still establishing on their specific participation as we are still conducting a non-stop operation together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). We hope that other members would be arrested soon,” Barias said.
Barias said the Hanjin Construction Company reportedly failed to pay the revolutionary tax that the rebels were asking thus, they bombed the said company last Sunday at around 2 a.m. (RPS)
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