Suspect in Abra blast nabbed

BAGUIO CITY – The Abra police have arrested a suspect in the Jan. 25 grenade blasts that killed two policemen and injured 26 people, including Abra Rep. Joseph Bernos and his wife, during a public gathering.

Joel Millare Balucas, a 45-year-old farmer, was served an arrest warrant at his home in Lagayan town on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Cordillera police on Wednesday.

Balucas is facing charges of double murder and multiple counts of attempted murder. Judge Raphiel Alzate of the Bangued Regional Trial Court Branch 1 ordered him arrested. He is one of three suspects being hunted down for the blast./lb