BAGUIO CITY, Philippines – Two teenage boys mauled a police officer who caught one of them picking the lock of the door of a police station over the weekend.
On Sunday, September 6, Police Officer 3 Carlito Esnara saw a 16-year-old male picking the lock of the door of the second floor of Station 6 in Aurora Hill. When Esnara confronted the young man, the latter brought out a brass knuckle and challenged the cop to a fistfight, police said.
The 16-year-old reportedly struck the police officer first. The two were exchanging blows when the boy's companion, a 17-year-old, arrived to back up his friend. Concerned citizens broke up the fight.
The suspects, reportedly residents of Bayan Park village in Aurora Hill, are being investigated.
Also last week, another Baguio cop was attacked by a suspect that he was about to nab.
Police Officer 2 Danny Bomogao was about to arrest Rowel Ramirez, 29, at the city's public market, when the latter stabbed him with an ice pick.
Bomogao was reportedly stabbed 5 times but his laminated ID and ATM cards helped deflect the attack.
Despite his state, the cop managed to arrest Ramirez and bring him to the police station, before he was brought to the hospital. – Rappler.com