By Aaron Recuenco At least 714 people were injured in what the Philippine National Police (PNP) described as peaceful and orderly 21-hour procession of the Black Nazarene in Manila. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde said all the injured devotees suffered minor injuries only. Most of them were immediately attended to by medical teams prepositioned along the route, some of them were taken to the hospital. PNP chief Director General Oscar Albayalde (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / MANILA BULLETIN) “Fortunately as of this morning (Thursday), there was no report of casualty, or death, and it was finished an hour earlier compared to last year,” said Albayalde. The procession, he said, was done at 2:21 a.m. Thursday. Based on the PNP monitoring, Albayalde said there were around 1.5 million to two million devotees who took part in the activity -- from the ‘Pahalik’ at the Quirino Grandstand to Quiapo Church. The official said that they have learned more things this year, which he said, will be noted and considered for the procession of the Black Nazarene next year. More than 7,000 policemen, backed by some 2,000 soldiers, were deployed at the procession routes from Luneta to Quiapo Church. The military also deployed choppers for aerial assessment. In a press briefing Thursday, Albayalde said that they are now conducting an investigation on at least three policemen who were reportedly hit by their commander. But this early, Albayalde hinted that the three cops who are complained against their commanders are also at fault for not complying with the order. He said that based on the initial result of the investigation, the complaining cops appeared to have defied the order of their commander to be present for duty for the Traslacion. “The commander said that he gave an order but the policemen did not heed, He again gave an order and for the second time, his order was not complied so it appears that the commander got pissed off,” said Albayalde. But Albayalde said investigations will still be conducted to clear things up on the issue. Part of the probe, according to him, is also to look into the claim of the commander that his orders were twice defied by the complaining policemen. “They may also be charged for non-compliance of a legal directive. Kung ikaw ay sinabihan ka ng commander mo at ito ang gagawin mo ito ang gawain mong duty and hindi ka sumunod you also be charged kung bakit hindi ka sumunod. That's a legal order, legal directive,” said Albayalde.