CEBU CITY – Three persons, including a mother and her son, were wounded in separate gun attacks in Cebu province.
In Barangay Giloctog, Barili, 59-year-old Anecita Ewayan and her 29-year-old son Michael Ryan were attacked by a still-unidentified assailant in their home early Saturday morning, Oct. 18.
Police said the victims were asleep when an armed man broke into their home around 3 a.m. The intruder went to the victims’ room and shot them.
The victims were taken to a hospital in Cebu City, police said.
Police said personal grudges could be the motive of the attack.
A person of interest is already being pursued, police said.
In Minglanilla town, a businessman was attacked by two motorcycle-riding assailants around 8 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19.
Police said the victim was sitting outside his store in Barangay Poblacion Ward 1 when two men arrived.
Without a word, the assailants opened fire and wounded the victim in the neck and nape.
The assailants drove off after the attack while the victim was brought to a hospital.
Police said that while the gunmen were escaping, their motorcycle on the national highway but were still able to flee toward Talisay City.