Camp Olivas, Pampanga—Five suspected carjackers were killed during an encounter with the police operatives in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija yesterday.
Police Regional Director Superintendent Rudy C. Lacadin said that the suspects remain unidentified as of press time. Their remains were brought to a local funeral parlor for autopsy.
Lacadin said that suspects rammed the checkpoint manned by the Muñoz police force and the Regional Public Safety unit and fired on them, forcing the policemen to fire back. The suspects were killed on the spot.
Initial investigation showed that the suspects took the motorcycle of certain Macario dela Cruz along Basa 3, Talavera, Nueva Ecija who immediately reported the incident to the authorities.
Upon learning of the incident,the police established a checkpoint in Muñoz.
Recovered on the scene of the firefight were five .38 cal revolver and several ammunition together with the stolen motorcycle and another motorcycle owned by the suspects.
