A police officer was seriously injured after being stabbed and hacked by reportedly intoxicated men in Sitio Camindez, Barangay Bancal, Carles, Iloilo, while responding to a commotion.
The officer was identified as Police Master Sergeant Michael Ilanga, who is assigned to the Carles Municipal Police Station.
In an interview with Bombo Radyo, Police Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office VI, said Christian, Ilanga’s nephew, sought help after they were allegedly assaulted by four men earlier in Barangay Cabilao Grande.
According to Solis, Master Sergeant Ilanga immediately responded and proceeded to Barangay Bancal along with the victims to investigate the incident.
While conducting the investigation, the suspect known as alias Edcel punched the officer, causing him to fall to the ground, after which alias Edwin, 69, attacked him with a machete.
Master Sergeant Ilanga then managed to draw his service firearm and shoot alias Edwin.
Ilanga, along with his nephew Christian and their friend William, managed to escape the scene, while another companion, Dione, was left behind, tied up, and later rescued by responding police officers.
All five suspects—identified as Edwin, Edcel, Cyrus, Peter, and Gerald—have now been arrested.
Master Sergeant Ilanga is currently receiving treatment at a hospital, while the Carles Municipal Police Station continues to investigate the incident.