Tabuk City, Kalinga - Almost a week after the grenade blast in the carnival area in the city government compound here which killed one person and wounded 20 others, the police could not yet establish the motive nor identify the suspects in the explosion.
Chief of Police Alfredo Dangani informed the media that there are several angles - that the grenade was lobbed from outside the fence of the city compound or that the explosive was rolled into the area from within.
Dangani said that police investigators are now trying to convince identified witnesses to shed light on the crime but it appears they are hesitant to reveal what they know for fear of being involved in the case.
"We are told that these identified eyewitnesses are saying this and that but when police investigators go to them, they say nothing. We do not want to force them," Dangani said.
Dangani said that they are moving very cautiously because they want that if they would make an arrest and file charges, it would be against actual perpetrators otherwise they would be multiplying the problem.
Dangani is hopeful that very soon, the truth about the explosion will come out because there are 21 victims and therefore more people wanting to know and are working for the truth will come out.
Regarding the motive, Dangani said that there are many possibilities such as the culprit may have been desperate and "naghahanap ng damay" or that since it is right before the celebration of the first foundation day of the city, the explosion may have been meant to sabotage the occasion.
Dangani is not inclined to believe that the motive is personal grudge because had that been so, the target would have been pinpointed and a gun would most likely have been used instead of a grenade.
Meanwhile, the police belied the report made by a national television network that a second victim in the blast had already died even as they admitted that Vicente Tabanganay, 24, resident of Bado Dangwa, this city, had lapsed into a coma shortly after he was brought to a hospital in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, for treatment. The police said that he is still in a coma.
Aside from Tabanganay, the others who were wounded in the blast are as follows: Joel Bayangan, 25-30, Casigayan, this city; Peter Mamawag, 54, Bulanao, this city; Ronnie Valdez, 38, Cauayan, Isabela; Franklin Tuddao, 15, Babalag, Rizal, Kalinga; William Degay, 26, Cabauan, this city; Florencio Pagala, 47, Pinukpuk, Kalinga; Aldrin Ayangco, 32, Tanza, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Geoffrey Liagao, 28, Amlao, this city; Samuel Anog, 44, Cudal, this city; Aldrin Agod, 38, Bujanao, this city; Enrique Yayaen, 46, Calaccad, this city; Tyson Bulawang, 18, Bulanao; Rodrigo Caddaman, 15, Pinukpuk, Kalinga; Joel Manacnis, 30, Dagupan Weste; Guilbert Gubiangan, 32, Cabaritan, Tabuk; Gaspar Desay, Allaguia, Pinukpuk; Orodio Abuak Dumaguing, 36; Denden Estilong, Dagupan Centra, this city; and Pedro Ay-en.
The lone fatality in the explosion was Redentor Bayangan, 27, of Sucbot, Pinukpuk, Kalinga. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW; 06/29/08
Chief of Police Alfredo Dangani informed the media that there are several angles - that the grenade was lobbed from outside the fence of the city compound or that the explosive was rolled into the area from within.
Dangani said that police investigators are now trying to convince identified witnesses to shed light on the crime but it appears they are hesitant to reveal what they know for fear of being involved in the case.
"We are told that these identified eyewitnesses are saying this and that but when police investigators go to them, they say nothing. We do not want to force them," Dangani said.
Dangani said that they are moving very cautiously because they want that if they would make an arrest and file charges, it would be against actual perpetrators otherwise they would be multiplying the problem.
Dangani is hopeful that very soon, the truth about the explosion will come out because there are 21 victims and therefore more people wanting to know and are working for the truth will come out.
Regarding the motive, Dangani said that there are many possibilities such as the culprit may have been desperate and "naghahanap ng damay" or that since it is right before the celebration of the first foundation day of the city, the explosion may have been meant to sabotage the occasion.
Dangani is not inclined to believe that the motive is personal grudge because had that been so, the target would have been pinpointed and a gun would most likely have been used instead of a grenade.
Meanwhile, the police belied the report made by a national television network that a second victim in the blast had already died even as they admitted that Vicente Tabanganay, 24, resident of Bado Dangwa, this city, had lapsed into a coma shortly after he was brought to a hospital in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan, for treatment. The police said that he is still in a coma.
Aside from Tabanganay, the others who were wounded in the blast are as follows: Joel Bayangan, 25-30, Casigayan, this city; Peter Mamawag, 54, Bulanao, this city; Ronnie Valdez, 38, Cauayan, Isabela; Franklin Tuddao, 15, Babalag, Rizal, Kalinga; William Degay, 26, Cabauan, this city; Florencio Pagala, 47, Pinukpuk, Kalinga; Aldrin Ayangco, 32, Tanza, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan; Geoffrey Liagao, 28, Amlao, this city; Samuel Anog, 44, Cudal, this city; Aldrin Agod, 38, Bujanao, this city; Enrique Yayaen, 46, Calaccad, this city; Tyson Bulawang, 18, Bulanao; Rodrigo Caddaman, 15, Pinukpuk, Kalinga; Joel Manacnis, 30, Dagupan Weste; Guilbert Gubiangan, 32, Cabaritan, Tabuk; Gaspar Desay, Allaguia, Pinukpuk; Orodio Abuak Dumaguing, 36; Denden Estilong, Dagupan Centra, this city; and Pedro Ay-en.
The lone fatality in the explosion was Redentor Bayangan, 27, of Sucbot, Pinukpuk, Kalinga. **By Estanislao Albano, Jr., ZZW; 06/29/08
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