PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 22, 2014) – Security forces captured a man wanted for murder after a long chase in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, officials said.
Officials said Kaham Manguda was captured after being shot in the leg by a government militia while trying to escape in Lower Camanga village on Malangas town.
Capt. Jefferson Mamauag, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, said two other cohorts of Manguda escaped and is being hunted by soldiers and policemen. He said members of the 16th Special Forces Company and local police force launched the operation after a local court issued a warrant for Manguda’s arrest.
He said the group of Manguda spotted the arrival of soldiers and policemen and ran away to evade arrest. Manguda was brought by soldiers to the Diplahan Hospital and is being guarded by the police.
Maj. General Felicito Virgilio Trinidad, Jr, the division commander, praised those involved in the arrest of Manguda, but officials did not release any details or information about Manguda’s case. (Mindanao Examiner)
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