Son of Carcar, Cebu mayor survives ambush
Jan 18, 2021 9:41 PM PHT
John Sitchon
The son of Carcar, Cebu Mayor Mercy Apura survived an attack by unknown gunmen at around 3:40 pm on Monday, January 18.
The incident was confirmed by Police Corporal Renante Dayuja of the Carcar City police in a phone interview with Rappler.
Anthony John Apura was in his car near the Acacia Grill restaurant in Carcar City when the attackers peppered the vehicle with bullets on Monday afternoon.
Dayuja said the victim was unharmed in the attack. Authorities are still investigating the motive behind the attack, as well as the identities of the gunmen.
January 08, 2021 A RETIRED police official who figured in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug list was gunned down by two unidentified men onboard a motorcycle in Barangay Luz, Cebu City on Friday morning, Jan. 8, 2021.
Retired Police Lt. Col. Renato Malazarte, 54, died just 30 minutes after he was rushed to a nearby hospital by emergency responders.
Witnesses told police that at around 10 a.m. Friday, Malazarte was carrying butane canisters from his house in Sitio Cabantan, Barrio Luz, to his car when two men aboard a black motorcycle approached him and gunned him down with a .45 caliber pistol.
To ensure that they finished the job, one of the two assailants stepped off the vehicle and fired at Malazarte, close range, while the former cop lay bleeding on the ground.
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