BuCor official ambushed in QC
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen ambushed on Tuesday a Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official who was traveling in the vehicle assigned to BuCor Director-General Gregorio Pio P. Catapang, Jr. in Quezon City. No one was hurt.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the bullet-proof Toyota pick-up truck assigned to Mr. Catapang was conveying his deputy for administration, Al I. Perreras, when it received fire from occupants of a Toyota car along the Skyway.
Bullets shattered the rear windshield but did not penetrate the vehicle. Mr. Perreras, his driver, and security escort were unharmed.
In carrying out the attack at 6:30 a.m., the gunmen’s gray Toyota Vios came between the Toyota pick-up and its security escort vehicle, a Toyota Innova, and then made its getaway to the Nagtahan Exit.
Mr. Catapang said Mr. Perreras and he have been the subjects of threats following several reforms within the bureau, according to the DoJ. — Chloe Mari A. Hufana