Ten-wheeler truck burned by rebels in Cagayan

Miami
April 24, 2008
Story 2: Ten-wheeler truck burned by rebels in Cagayan

A ten-wheeler truck was burned by allegedly members of New People’s Army (NPA) in a road Bgy. Kapanikian, Sta. Ana, Cagayan last April 21, 2008.

The incident happened at around 4:00 am when the alleged members of NPA blocked the way of the truck and asked the driver and its three passengers to go down of their truck. The truck is about to go to the quarrying site at Kapanikan and Dungeg River.

The passengers and the driver of the truck were employees of GC Construction who is doing quarrying on the said place.

The suspects are carrying long firearms when they appeared to the victims and asked for their cellphones then ordered the victims to light and burn the front portion of the ten-wheeler truck. The suspects also stated that they are strongly opposing the quarrying operation in the area.

“What they are trying to say is that this is a sort of warning to other who are quarrying at the area,” SPO1 Fernando Simangan said, investigator of Cagayan Provincial Police Office. It seems the suspect want to set an example to other who are making quarrying on the said area.

After the truck was burned, the suspects returned the cellphones to their victims. No one was hurt on the incident.