GAPAN CITY – A city councilor here
survived an attack by two motorcycle-riding men who lobbed a handgrenade at his
house here at dawn yesterday.
Senior
Superintendent Crizaldo Nieves, provincial police director identified the councilor
as Danilo de Guzman of Sampaguita St., Purok 2, Barangay Malimba this city.
De
Guzman, 57, is an ally of Mayor Maricel Natividad.
Chief
Superintendent Raul Petrasanta, regional director of the Philippine National
Police Region 3 Office (PRO3), ordered Nieves to run after the suspects.
Police
said De Guzman and his family were inside the house when the suspects, riding
in two separate motorcycles, hurled the handgrenade inside the residential
compound then fled.
The
suspects were caught in a close circuit television (CCTV) camera while throwing
the grenade. The city official was unhurt.
However,
the impact of the explosion damaged the Toyota Corolla Altis and Nissan
mini-dump truck parked in the garage.
Polixw
have not yet established the motive behind the attack.
It
was the second attempt on his life. Last September, gunmen also broke into his compound
and fired shots, wounding him, his wife,
Julieta and fish vendor Rizalino Perez.
– Manny Galvez
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