Basketball game marred by gun attack, 3 hurt
Local News • 13:00 PM Sun Dec 3, 2023
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John Felix Unson
Investigators are still clueless on who shot and wounded three friends playing basketball on Saturday night. (From Cotabato City PS 1)
COTABATO CITY - A supposedly peaceful basketball game among three friends in a makeshift roadside court on Saturday night turned bloody when unidentified men shot them with pistols, hurting all of them.
The Cotabato City Police Precint 1, in a report to city police director Col. Querubin Manalang, Jr. and Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said that Magtanggol Bandon, Saidamen Bangon and a playmate, initially identified only as Johan for being a minor, were hurt in the attack.
The victims were playing basketball at Alamanza Street in Barangay Poblacion 3 here when the suspects casually approached them while one was dribbling a ball, opened fire and hurriedly escaped.
The victims were immediately transported by emergency responders and responding personnel of the local police to a hospital for treatment.
Police probers are still trying to identify the culprits for prosecution.