By
Gideon C. Corgue
PITOGO, Zamboanga del Sur – Three persons were reportedly abducted
Tuesday afternoon at the fish port in barangay Poblacion here.
P/Inspector Mario Regidor in an
interview over dxPR radio station in Pagadian City said the victims were
identified as Zynielle Jay Garban, 2, Ace Jay Garban, 3, and Ledegie Tomarong,
17 years old.
Zynielle Jay and Ace Jay are
grandchildren of Punong Barangay Jiejie Garban, while Tomarong, a cashier of bakeshop
owned by Chzarenia Kapa-Sajulga.
Regidor said 10 unidentified armed
men riding two motorized pump boats docked at the fish port. They proceeded to the bakeshop owned by Sajulga and attempted to abduct her
but failed, as she was able to run inside the room and lock herself.
“The suspects tried to open the door by
firing at the door knob that caused alarm to the public in the area,” Sajulga
added.
“The suspects returned to their pump
boats without their target and we immediately responded to the incident and an
encounter with the armed group ensued,” Regidor said.
“As we exchanged fires with the
suspects, they forcibly took the victims who were at the fish port and used them
as human shields,” he added.
The police are now conducting manhunt
operations against the suspects in the in vicinity of Yllana Bay for the safe
recovery of victims.