14 armed men torch 8 buses at terminal in Batangas | News | GMA News Online
At least 14 armed men set fire to buses in Lemery town in Batangas
province before dawn Sunday, with police suspecting extortion as a
possible motive.
The men wore camouflage uniforms in staging the attack on the facility of Jam Transit, radio dzBB's Paulo Santos reported.
Eight buses were destroyed in the incident, the report said.
Citing
initial information, Batangas police spokesman Senior Insp. Dwight
Fonte said the suspects, armed with long firearms, fled using white and
blue vans.
Meanwhile, Philippine National Police chief Director
General Alan Purisima's spokesman Senior Superintendent Wilben Mayor was
quoted in the dzBB report as saying they are not discounting the
possibility the attack stemmed from the bus firm's failure to pay
so-called revolutionary taxes.
No one was initially reported hurt in the incident, even as authorities said police are now tracking down the suspects. — LBG, GMA News
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