Cops kill 3 suspected Bolt Cutter Gang members

MANILA, Philippines – Three armed men, suspected to be members of the “Bolt Cutter Gang”, were killed in a shootout with police in Batangas early Monday morning, a 990AM report said.

Police pursued and killed the suspects who shot at patrolling authorities at San Roque village in Sto. Tomas, Batangas at around 5 a.m., said Superintendent Nicolas Torre III, deputy provincial director for operations of the Batangas police.

He said that lawmen were about to check on two men who were lurking near a computer shop when a third suspect, on board an owner type jeep, drove by and shot at the police.

Authorities chased and shot it out with the suspects who were eventually killed, said Torre.  A bolt cutter was found near the computer shop, he added.

He identified the slain suspects as Leoncio Valientos, Diosdado Escrada, and Francisco Lacuarin.

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