CRIME SCENE. A member of the police’s Scene of the Crime Operatives conducts a post-crime investigation on the shooting of an education official’s car in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, on Monday (Jan. 8, 2024). The DepEd official was unharmed, but his wife sustained minor injuries. (Photo from Isulan MPS)
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – An education official escaped a murder attempt, but his wife was slightly injured when gunmen opened fire on his parked vehicle at 4:45 p.m. in Barangay Kalawag 2 here Monday.
Lt. Col. Richelu Alucilja, town police chief, said Eric Balancio, 51, education program supervisor of the Sultan Kudarat schools division office, had just alighted from his car (MAQ 3509) and entered the cooperative office when the motorcycle-riding attackers arrived and opened fire.
His wife, Norilyn, 51, who was inside the car, sustained minor injuries from glass debris.
Alucilja said the attackers immediately fled.
Police are determining if the attack was work-related or a case of personal grudge. (PNA)
