Police identified 2 of the 3 suspects in the killing of policeman in Zamboanga del Sur

Motorcycle of the victim

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (March 17, 2015-MPF News) --- The police have filed criminal charges against the  identified the suspects in the killing of one member of Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur Municipal Police Station who was shot Monday at 7:30 in the morning and wounding of one student, Police official said.

Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Director Sernior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre identified the suspects as Anwar Ansang as the triggerman and Pahad Andi and one Unidentified man.

Ecaldre said they were positively identified by the witnesses as responsible for the shooting of the victim and taking of his two firearms caliber 45 pistolo and 9mm pistol.  After the shooting, the suspects fled towards unknown direction.

Ecaldre said Anwar and Andi were identified as the most wanted persons in their Area of Responsibility (AOR) and in the Regional Level operating mostly in the second congressional district of this province.

Ecaldre identified the victim policeman as SPO1 Edwin N. Pascua, 43 and the wounded student identified as Norhana Molahaw, 15.

Dead body of SPO1 Edwin N. Pascua

The shooting incident happened at the gate of Dinas Central Elementary School, Poblacion, Dinas in this province.

Ecaldre said after Pascua took his wife to the school he rode his motorcycle from inside the school campus going to the municipal police station.

Upon reaching the gate, he was blocked and stopped by the suspect identified as Anwar and without apparent reason was shot several times in the different parts of his body that caused his untimely death using caliber 45-pistol while the two suspects served as back up.

 

At the gate of Dinas Central Elementary School

He said the minor student of Dinas National High School was also hit by the stray bullet on the right portion of her body that caused her serious injuries. She was rushed to Margosatubig Regional Hospital for treatment.

The joint operatives of the Police Public Safety Battalion and the 53^rd Infantry Battalion still conducted follow-up pursuit operations against the fleeing suspects at Binuatan, Songayan and East Migpulao all of Dinas municipality for their possible arrest.(JC-MPF News)