5 ‘kidnappers’ killed in Bulacan shootout; Taiwanese rescued
10/17/2011Police operatives rescued an abducted Taiwanese trader in a daring hostage operation that left five of his alleged captors dead in Bulacan province yesterday.
Reports reaching Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Nicanor Bartolome identified the rescued victim as Ying Ching Chang, 29, who is involved in garment business operating in Valenzuela City.
According to the report, elements of the Police Anti-Crime and Emergency Response (Pacer), led by Chief Supt. Isagani Nerez, engaged the suspects, believed to be members of an organized kidnap-for-ransom group, in an intense shootout around 2:10 a.m. in their lair in Barangay Bigte, Norzagaray town.
Nerez said two of the suspects, who were guarding the victim, immediately fired upon the police operatives, triggering the firefight, resulting in the killing of the two suspects and the safe rescue of Ying..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111017hed3.html
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