3 charged in Abra grenade blasts
BAGUIO CITY — Three men were charged last week in connection with the grenade blasts that killed two policemen and hurt 26 people, including Abra Rep. Joseph Bernos and his wife, La Paz Mayor Menchie Bernos, during the town’s fiesta celebration on Jan. 25, according to the Cordillera police.
Joel Millare Balucas, Roel Escalante and Eljay Biyang were charged on March 15, with two counts of murder for the death of PO2 Frenzel Buneng Kitoyan and PO3 Carlos Baccali Bocaig.
The three were also charged with 26 counts of multiple frustrated murder.
The charges were filed in the provincial prosecutor’s office in Bangued town. —Vincent Cabreza
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