Worker injured as dispute in Boracay turns into shootout
01/17/2009 | 04:58 PM
MANILA, Philippines - A worker was injured on Saturday in the middle of a crossfire between warring employees of two establishments in Boracay.
According Polilce Officer 1 Aaron Gaton, John Venancio, 22, was injured on the knee and was immediately brought to a hospital in Kalibo, Aklan, for treatment.
Venancio is a worker of Fridays Resort, whose workers and security guards got into a dispute with the employees of a nearby hotel being constructed by Win Ace Holdings Philippine Inc. at Sitio Pinaungon, Barangay Balabag in Boracay.
According to police reports, the guards of Fridays Resort under the Ati-Atihan Security Agency destroyed the perimeter fence of Win Ace Holdings, causing tension that resulted in a minute-long gunfire exchange between the two parties at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
A security guard, Manuel Zupe Claud, was taken by the police for questioning after he was pinpointed as the one who shot Venancio.
"The police are still investigating the incident," Gaton said.
Last year, an former Army man and a civilian were killed in separate incidents in Boracay by a group of security guards also because of land conflict. - Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre, GMANews.TV
According Polilce Officer 1 Aaron Gaton, John Venancio, 22, was injured on the knee and was immediately brought to a hospital in Kalibo, Aklan, for treatment.
Venancio is a worker of Fridays Resort, whose workers and security guards got into a dispute with the employees of a nearby hotel being constructed by Win Ace Holdings Philippine Inc. at Sitio Pinaungon, Barangay Balabag in Boracay.
According to police reports, the guards of Fridays Resort under the Ati-Atihan Security Agency destroyed the perimeter fence of Win Ace Holdings, causing tension that resulted in a minute-long gunfire exchange between the two parties at 9 a.m. on Saturday.
A security guard, Manuel Zupe Claud, was taken by the police for questioning after he was pinpointed as the one who shot Venancio.
"The police are still investigating the incident," Gaton said.
Last year, an former Army man and a civilian were killed in separate incidents in Boracay by a group of security guards also because of land conflict. - Jun Ariolo N. Aguirre, GMANews.TV
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