BASILAN – A police chief was shot and wounded on Monday by an Abu Sayyaf prisoner who grabbed his gun while under custody in the restive province of Basilan, officials said.
The attacker, Mannan Abubakar, was eventually killed, but not after he shot Senior Inspector Gean Gallardo, the police chief of Lamitan City. Gallardo was rushed to hospital from a gunshot wound.
It was unknown how Abubakar managed to snatch the officer’s gun and the regional police office has not issued any statement on the incident. Abubakar was facing a string of criminal charges – from murder to terrorism.
It was the second time that an Abu Sayyaf attacked his escort. Just recently, a member of the militant Abu Sayyaf group grabbed the weapon of his army escort Sergeant Carlito Macotocruz, of the 18th Infantry Battalion, and shot him dead in Tipo-Tipo town also in Basilan.
The shooter was also killed by other soldiers before he can fire again
The infantryman died instantly from the attack that happened while soldiers were transporting the militant whom they captured in Tipo-Tipo town. The military declined to provide details of the incident, but had confirmed it. The Philippine Army also did not release any statement on the incident. (Ely Dumaboc)
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