Two cousins hurt in Balamban strafing

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy and his cousin were wounded after their shanty was peppered with bullets by an unidentified gunman in barangay Abucayan, Balamban town, midwest Cebu.

Warren Condiman and 20-year-old Joseph Partillo were recuperating in a Cebu City hospital with gunshot wounds in their bodies.

Police are still investigating the motive behind the attack.

Police said Condiman and Partillo were watching TV with their family members when the shanty in sitio Sac-sac was strafed past 7 p.m. last Monday.

Police said the perpetrator  positioned himself in a dark area  between 10 and 20 meters from the shanty located along the road.

SPO1 Julius Obañana of the Balamban police said Condiman and Partillo had no known enemies in the area and are not gang members./REPORTER RHEA RUTH V. ROSELL

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