Progress Report re Hacking Incident in Sirawai

SIRAWAI, Zamboanga Del Norte (April 15, 2018) - This pertains to the report about the Hacking Incident that transpired at about 3:30 PM of April 14, 2018 at at Brgy. Pulang Lupa, Sirawai, Zamboanga Del Norte, wherein victim identified as Saidemar Wahid Y Callon, 11 years old, minor and resident of Brgy. Pulang Lupa, Sirawai and the additional reported victims identified as Nasser Halis y Pablo, 7 years old, minor; Mohammad Said Mocaddam y Bra, 7 years old, minor; Hadimar Halis y Pablo, 7 years old, minor and Madjid Halis, 35 years old, married, farmer, all resident of Brgy. Libucon, Sirawai, Zamboanga Del Norte.  The five victims were hacked to death by suspect identified as Asgal Ontong y Kalas, 34 years old, married, habal habal driver and resident of Brgy. Libucon, Sirawai, Zamboanga Del Norte.

Responding police officers from Sirawai MPS together with personnel from Zamboanga Del Norte Provincial Mobile Force Company, 905th Regional Mobile Force Battalion in coordination with 42nd IB Phil Army responded to the report and apprehended the suspect near the crime scene. Recovered also from his possession the bladed weapon used by the suspect in committing the crime.

 Suspect was properly turned-over to Sirawai MPS at about 6:00PM of April 14, 2018 for tactical interrogation/investigation.

Further at about 4:30 AM more or less of April 15, 2018, while temporarily detained at Sirawai MPS, asked permission to the duty personnel of Sirawai MPS for call of nature and removed his handcuffed. However, while the suspect was approaching the comfort room, without hesitation, managed to escape the duty personnel passing through the fence of Sirawai MPS and fled to unknown direction. Immediately, duty personnel alarmed the personnel of Sirawai MPS for the possible recovery of the suspect.

The personnel of Sirawai MPS properly informed the friendly forces in the AOR about the incident and conducted search and hot pursuit operation for the recovery of the suspect.

That on or about 5:30 AM more or less of April 15, 2018, personnel from Sirawai MPS together with ŹNPFMC and 905th RMFB, while conducting search at the Sitio Bunkhouse, Brgy. Sirawai Proper, along near the swamp area of the said place, suspect suddenly attacked from his hiding and grabbed the service firearm of one of the responding policemen which prompted to the responding personnel to open fire which resulted to the instantaneous death of the suspect.

Cadaver of the suspect was properly turned-over to the relatives after the conduct of post mortem examination by the RHU of Sirawai and documentation by Sirawai MPS.