Tuesday, August 28, 2018

1 wounded in Explosion Incident in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY (Aug. 27, 2018) – One person was wounded in an explosion transpired at Purok Bakhaw, Barangay Kawit, Pagadian City about 9:15 PM of August 26, 2018. Acting on said report, elements of Pagadian City Police Station proceeded to the place of incident to conduct inspection and investigation.

Upon arrival thereat, said team immediately conducted the EOD team and SOCO to process the crime scene.

Initial investigation conducted disclosed that, according to the residents of said place, a loud explosion was heard particularly at the house of the victim identified as Merna Tanoy, 39 years old, female and a resident of said place.

At around 9:45 PM, EOD Team arrived and immediately conducted post blast investigation, while the SOCO Team arrived at 9:55 PM of said date and process the crime scene.

According their investigation, the kind of explosion is still to be determined. Further investigation revealed that, the explosive was placed under the house of the victim particularly at one of the post of the victim’s house made of bamboo.  

That during the incident, said victim sustained minor injury on her left hand and no other casualty involved. Motive of the incident is still to be determined.

Personnel of Pagadian City Police Station are now conducting thorough investigation for the possible identification of the suspect.

Meanwhile, SOCO and EOD team are still conducting examination to determine the type of explosive being used. Investigator on case is PO1 Renji Narciso with contact no. 09128212873.


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