LEGAZPI CITY (PNA) – Four members of the Police Regional Special Operations Task Group (RSOTG) deployed in Masbate were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off along a provincial road in Barangay Cajunday in Baleno town Saturday morning.
The injured policemen were brought to the Masbate Provincial Hospital where they are now recuperating. Senior Inspector Ma. Luisa Calubaquib, PNP Bicol spokesperson, said the explosion occurred around 9:50 a.m.
The four were part of the 2,000-strong police force deployed in the area for the upcoming elections.