PNP chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa. (File photo)
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has condemned the explosion that ripped through a police car in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao on Thursday, killing a police officer and the civilian driver and injuring four others.
“I offer my deepest condolences, on behalf of the whole PNP family, to the family of (Master Sgt. Antonio Balasa). Let me assure his family that (they) will get the full benefits and financial assistance, as well as the other four wounded officers who are recovering in two different hospitals in the region,” PNP Chief, Gen. Archie Gamboa, said in a statement released on Saturday.
Gamboa reminded all police units on the ground to be alert and vigilant as criminal and terrorist elements continue to plot and operate against police forces amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak.
In a report, the Police Regional Office – Bangsamoro Autonomous Region identified the fatalities as Balasa and a certain Bobby, the civilian driver, and the injured cops as Staff Sergeants Larry Amoran and Guerrero Domingo; and Corporals Guai Mangrag and Clyde Peria.
Amoran, Domingo, and Mangrag are recuperating at the Maguindanao Provincial Hospital while Peria was transferred to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center due to excessive bleeding. (PNA)
