MANILA, Philippines — Gunshots were heard inside the maximum security compound of the New Bilibid Prison as another free-for-all scuffle is seen unfolding in the video between warring gang members.
The maximum security compound houses persons deprived of liberty sentenced from 20 years imprisonment and up. Regular raids are conducted inside the facility to make sure that there are no prohibited items such as mobile phones, knives and firearms inside the jails.
The video, however, showed that there were gunshots coming from inside the building were inmates are housed.
MAXIMUM SECURITY CONCERN Commandos swoop down on New Bilibid Prison’s maximum security compound in Muntinlupa City to break up Monday morning’s riot between two rival gangs that left three inmates dead and more than 60 others injured. —PHOTO FROM BUCOR PIO
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said he will order the National Bureau of Investigation to conduct a parallel probe or expand its investigation to include the recent melee.
Last month, a riot occurred also inside the compound killing nine inmates.