ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A soldier and three other individuals were killed separately following a shooting incident in a military camp in Sumisip, Basilan on Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Brig. Gen. Domingo Gobway, Army 101st Infantry Brigade commander, said Nuri Isnail Jaari grabbed the rifle of Private First Class Dave Lagoy of the 64th Infantry Battalion (IB) and repeatedly shot the soldier at around 9:40 a.m. at the unit’s headquarters in Barangay Pamatsaken for still unknown reasons.
Jaari is an intelligence personnel of the 64th IB’s Civilian Active Auxiliary Force.
Gobway said Lahoy was taken to the hospital in Isabela City, Basilan where he expired due to multiple bullet wounds.
Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said Jaari, 27, also shot and killed two more people while fleeing towards Barangay Sumisip Central.
The victims were identified as Alsaidi Abbilul, 28, and Kannami Jannatul, 32, both from Barangay Sumisip Central.
Gobway said Jaari was killed in a five-minute clash with pursuing troops around 3:50 p.m. in Barangay Luuk-Bait, Sumisip.
The remains of the Jaari, Abbilul, and Jannatul were turned over to their families for proper Muslim burial rites.