ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY (Mindanao Examiner / Jan. 19, 2014) – Two gunmen held up a provincial bus along the highway in the town of Imelda in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said.
Police said the gunmen posed as passengers and declared the robbery near the village of San Jose. The bus, owned and operated by Rural Transit Mindanao, came from Zamboanga City and was travelling to the province when the robbery occurred.
They took the wallets of the 44-year old driver Elpidio Remitera, Jr., and his conductor Reymar Derotas, 24, and cash amounting to over P3,000 from ticket sales.
The armed med spared the horrified passengers and fled after the robbery. The victims reported the incident to the police.
Just last month, five gunmen also robbed a Rural Transit bus near the town of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province. A bus passenger was injured after he was attacked by one of five gunmen after he refused to surrender his wallet.
The gunmen also posed as passengers and took off with over P50,000 in loot. It was unknown if the bus had a security camera, but highway robberies are common along the stretch of the Zamboanga highway. (Mindanao Examiner)
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