Thieves victimize tourists

MABALACAT, Pampanga—A group of men, pretending to be policemen, on Thursday broke into the house being rented by Taiwanese and Chinese tourists at a subdivision in Mabalacat, and took their belongings at gunpoint.

Chief Inspector Fernando Cunanan Jr., Pampanga head of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team, said the suspects, who were on board three vehicles, entered the Don Bosco compound in Mabiga village here at 1 a.m. by identifying themselves to the subdivision guards as police officers who were there to arrest a Taiwan national.

Cunanan said the thieves fled with P500,000 in cash, cellular phones and jewelry that were forcibly taken from the victims.—Jun Malig