Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) public information chief Gabriel Chaclag reported there were casualties and wounded after a riot between Sputnik and Commando gangs broke out in Bilibid, Friday, October 9.
Chaclag said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV, the Bilibid riot resulted in casualties, but they are still determining the exact number.
“Meron pong casualties at sugatan, so hinihintay pa po natin yung report, yung bilang po hindi ko pa masabi although nagbigay na sila ng verbal [report] pero ang basis po kasi natin ay yung official,” Chaclag said.
The BuCor spokesperson said the violence broke out at 2:30 am and involved “hardcore personalities” from two warring groups, Sputnik and Commando gangs.
“Yung dalawang grupo po nagkainitan, nagkaabutan,” the official said, adding the violence was contained only in the East quadrant of Bilibid.
An investigation is ongoing to determine what caused the riot inside Bilibid, Chaclag said.
“Malalim ito considering na hinintay pa mag-madaling araw bago sila nag-aksiyon ng ganito,” he said.
Meanwhile, another suspect in killing two nursing graduate and student in Caloocan surrendered to the police.
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Quezon City Police District police chief Brigadier General Ronnie Montejo identified the suspect as Ronald Cajepe, 38, also a construction worker.
Suspect Anselmo Singkol said Cajepe is the one who allegedly killed Arjay Belencio and Glydel Belonio, and their friend Mona Ismael, in the house where the suspects work.
According to Montejo, Cajepe surrendered to Police Major Sandie Caparroso, deputy station commander of Station 6, this afternoon.
The official added that Cajepe allegedly admitted that he had participated in the crime in a subdivision in North Caloocan last month.
He said his conscience bothered him, so he surrendered.
“Akala ko ay magnanakaw lang kami ng mga kasamahan ko pero dahil nakilala sila ng mga biktima ay pinatay nila ‘yung tatlo,” the suspect said to the authorities.
“Sinasabi nitong si Anselmo (Singkol) na si Ronron (Cajepe) ang responsable sa pagpatay dito sa tatlo. In fact narinig pa nga daw niya na humingi ng tulong si Glydel, pero it seems na alam talaga niya na gagawin ni Ronron yung napag-usapan nila kaya na-consummate yung crime,” said Police Colonel Dario Menor, chief of Caloocan Police, in an earlier report.