ALFONSO LISTA, Ifugao – A 39-year old trader filed attempted homicide charges against a 50-year old fellow Muslim trader after the latter nearly shot him at point blank range inside their mosque at Sta. Maria here around 1:30 pm Sunday.
Superinte3ndent Cherry Fajardo, public information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO) in the Cordillera, identified the gun-toting victim as Alimar Gamor Pasandalan, 39, married, businessman, Muslim and a resident of Sta. Maria, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao, while she named the suspect as Dynar Pasandalan Pacalna alias “Nardy”, 50, married, businessman, Muslim, a resident of the same barangay.
Initial police investigation showed that while the two traders and their fellow Muslims were inside their mosque, the suspect suddenly drew his firearm, cocked it and pointed it to the victim’s breast.
When he was about to pull the trigger of his still undisclosed firearm, coller heads were able to prevail that allowed the suspect to flee the crime scene.
Responding police operatives were able to get the statements of the victim and witnesses and subjected the suspect to a manhunt operation for him to answer for the possible attempted homicide charges to be filed against him before the provincial prosecutor’s office.