Shots fired at COA office in QC

Photo from https://www.coa.gov.ph/

MANILA, Philippines – Unidentified gunmen fired at the Commission on Audit office along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City early Wednesday, police said.

Police Officer 1 Jayson Tolentino of Quezon City Police District-Station 6 said the shooting occurred before 9 a.m. No one was reported hurt in the incident.

“Ang initial information is may nagpaputok ng baril at tumama sa building [The initial information was shots were fired and these hit the building],” Tolentino said.

In radio and television interviews, Police Senior Superintendent Richard Albano, QCPD district director said two slugs from an unknown firearm were recovered inside the office of Assistant Director Minda Planas.

“Ang initial e stone throwing doon sa COA. Pero . . . pinasok yung office meron tayong nakita doon na slug na dalawa. So in other words ito ay hindi lang binato kundi binaril [the initial report was that there was stone throwing in the COA office. But when authorities checked the building, two slugs were recovered. So in other words, this is not just throwing, but shooting],” Albano said.

He said witnesses in the area claimed to have heard four gunshot wounds past 6 a.m.

It remains unclear, however, if the attack was meant for Planas.

Authorities are set to review footages of security cameras installed at the vicinity of COA, he said.