PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / June 10, 2013) – Philippine authorities are investigating the latest attack on a police prowl car that wounded an officer in Malangas town in the southern province of Zamboanga Sibugay.
Officials said shrapnel from the blast beneath the police car hit SPO1 Editho Talison, who outside the police station in downtown Malangas.
Police and military have launched a joint investigation into the blast. It was not immediately known whether the explosion was caused by a grenade or an improvised bomb.
Just recently, an unidentified assailant also smashed the windshield of a pick-up truck being used by the police in Dapitan City in the neighboring province of Zamboanga del Norte.
Officials said the truck was parked outside the police station and is owned by the local government. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the daring assault on a police car.
Police did not say if the truck had any weapons in it. (Mindanao Examiner)
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