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Vol. XX No. 49

February 14, 2001

Virac, Catanduanes

Other News

Duo fires shots, mauls customer

A duo identified only by their surnames wrought terror in two nightspots in the capital town last week, firing gunshots in the air and mauling a customer.

Merlin's Place manager Erlinda Ubalde, 47, told police authorities that at about 1:45 A.M. of Feb. 4, a group of persons led by a certain Regalado and one surnamed Isidoro entered her establishment to order beer and "pulutan." However, due to the unavailability of a waiter, the group was forced to leave. While just outside the gate, the group reportedly fired three shots. Ubalde found near the gate two empty shells of a Cal. 45 firearm.

A few hours before, Lyndon Araojo, 23, single and a resident of San Isidro Village, was drinking beer at Hang-Out Videoke and Retaurant in San Vicente when, without any provocation, a certain Regalado of Francia kicked him on the body. After about a minute, Regalado and a certain Isidoro, who identified himself as a member of the anti-narcotics police, helped each other in mauling Araojo.

Several hours earlier, Nelson Sarmiento and his wife were sleeping inside their San Pablo residence when they were awakened by a hard object hitting their house, suspecting that somebody was stoning their house. The report said the couple later investigated the hole and found two slugs of a Cal. 45, with the bullet punching through the nipa roofing and going thru the lawanit wall.