MANILA, Philippines\u2014Six persons (not five as earlier reporter) were killed, including a responding police officer, when suspected robbers broke into a commercial establishment in Panabo City, Davao del Norte Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Superintendent Marvin Manuel Pepino, Panabo City chief of police, said that two motorcycle-riding suspects, armed with caliber .45 pistols, barged into Yidong Agri Supply, which sells bananas and agricultural supplies, along Park Avocado, Kilometer 31, Cagangohan village at 12:15 p.m. and declared a robbery. The establishment is owned by Filipino-Chinese Leo Apalie Lai, 28.<\/p>\n
Senior Inspector Gretchin Cinco, deputy spokesperson of the Southern Mindanao regional police initially identified those slain as Dexter Marcellones, one of the two suspects; Edgar Mocos, security guard; Allen Jones Polo, driver; and Irene Zamora, who was taken hostage by the suspects.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Darios Pilotos, a caretaker for Lai’s warehouse, was rushed to Rivera Hospital after sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n
Pepino said that the robbers, who were eventually killed by policemen, took Zamora hostage after stealing P900,000 from the establishment. They used Lai’s car as a getaway vehicle but were only able to drive 20 meters from the shop before they were killed by police.<\/p>\n
He said that Alampay died from a gunshot wound to his head and that they were still trying to determine who fired the bullet that killed Zamora.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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