DIPOLOG CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 10, 2013) – One person was shot and wounded after masked gunmen raided the house of a village chieftain in Zamboanga del Norte’s Dapitan City, police said.
It said the raiders, about 8 of them all wearing military fatigue uniform and carrying automatic weapons, arrived on a pick-up truck and climbed the fence of the house of Edna Cabilin, Canlucani village chieftain, who was then having a meeting with other officials.
The officials scampered in different rooms after seeing the gunmen, but the raiders took Cabilin’s daughter and granddaughter and held them and forced the village leader to come out from hiding.
The village secretary, Richie Cayongcong, 26, was shot in the thigh after he came out first from the bedroom and Cabilin followed.
The gunmen then demanded from Cabilin her money and weapons, but gave them nothing. The raiders instead took Cabilin’s laptop and cell phones and fled.
It was not immediately known whether the raid had anything to do with politics, but masked gunmen had been harassing local politicians and their supporters. Some attacked houses of village leaders in the province. (Mindanao Examiner)
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