SULU – Two policemen were killed and two others wounded in a
daring attack by gunmen Saturday evening on a municipal police station in the
southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.
Two other cops wounded in the attack have been
identified as Executive Master Sergeant Hamid Saribbon and Senior Master
Sergeant Harold Nieva.
Provincial and municipal police
forces led by Colonel Michael Bawayan launched an operation to track down the
gunmen.
The motive of the attack is still unknown and no individual or group
claimed responsibility for the assault, but security forces are battling
pro-ISIS militants Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim
autonomous region.
“As of this time, reinforcing personnel together with Parang
Municipal Station are conducting pursuit operations. The identities of the perpetrators
are still being established,” according to Bawayan.
It was unclear how the gunmen managed to sneak through the
town without being detected by policemen or soldiers manning checkpoints in the
province. (Zamboanga Post)
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