A cellphone video taken by a resident of Dauis city in Bohol province reveals the second when 4 males forcibly entered their home and allegedly pointed their weapons at her brother final Saturday afternoon, July 20. | Screenshot from Ahmz Suri FB video
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two of the 4 armed masked males who allegedly barged right into a home in Dauis city, Bohol province have been recognized as cops.
The intruders allegedly additionally pointed their gun at one of many residents final Saturday, July 20,
Police Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of the Police Regional Workplace in Central Visayas (PRO-7) stated that preliminary investigation confirmed that two of the boys within the video that has been making rounds on-line have been policemen assigned to a neighboring group.
The ordeal was captured in a cellphone video taken by one of many residents of the home, Am-Am, not her actual identify, who then shared it on-line.
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The incident reportedly occurred at round 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.
In a telephone interview with native media, Am-am narrated that she was looking for groceries on the market together with her father on Saturday afternoon.
When she acquired a name that cops have been at their home, the 2 then rushed dwelling however discovered no police vehicles within the entrance of the home, inflicting them to get suspicious.
Upon coming into, Am-am stated that she heard her brother yelling from the room and noticed masked males by the door of their home.
When she and her father requested whether or not they have been have been cops, none of them gave a solution.
The masked males have been allegedly inside the home for nearly an hour earlier than they walked away with out revealing their identities to the owners.
In accordance with Am-Am, her brother, 41, was outdoors of the home wiping his motorbike previous to the boys’s arrival.
As he was about to go inside, he reportedly noticed the masked males speeding in with their firearms pointed at him.
Scared, her brother rushed inside a room and locked the door. The boys, nonetheless, kicked the door open and allegedly compelled the brother to kneel on the bottom.
Am-am stated that the masked males frisked her brother whereas the gun was nonetheless pointed at him. She claimed that the boys took P3,000 in money that was in her brother’s possession.
The household believes that the boys’s goal was the 41-year-old member of the family and have been additionally ready for another person.
Nevertheless, it was not made clear to them as to why the armed males compelled their means inside their dwelling within the first place.
Am-am additionally insisted that her brother was not concerned in any legal actions, which is why the household was confused in regards to the incident.
After the encounter, the household reported the incident to their native police. Am-am stated that they are going to be submitting a case in opposition to the masked males concerned.
Whereas two of the boys have been confirmed to be cops, Pelare stated that Bohol police might be trying into whether or not there are others concerned.
Furthermore, the recognized cops have been administratively relieved from their duties to pave means for an neutral investigation by the Bohol Police Provincial Workplace (BPPO).
Pelare, for his half, relayed that the officers have been conducting a professional hot-pursuit operation in opposition to a drug suspect that they allegedly noticed run inside the home of Am-am’s household.
He said that the hot-pursuit ensued after the policemen allegedly witnessed a suspect conduct a drug transaction.
The topic of the pursuit, nonetheless, has already fled the world by the point they arrived.
Pelare stated that they are going to be submitting drug prices in opposition to the topic of the operation and might be investigating what really occurred on Saturday.
He added that they are going to be gathering testimonies from the civilians, in addition to the cops to present them the chance to current their sides.
Furthermore, police might be conducting an inside investigation to find out whether or not the officers recognized as one of many masked males performed operational lapses that will be used as grounds to have them sanctioned criminally and administratively.
“It is a work in progress within the a part of the PNP. Relaxation assured, this might be investigated completely and pretty. Once more, we emphasize the instruction of the regional director, Police Brigadier Basic Anthony Aberin, our police operations would all the time be carried out in accord with the police operational process. And we are going to by no means hesitate to sanction any deviations,” said Pelare.
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