The incident took place around 8:56 p.m. Wednesday at Calle Pohoc in the village of Mercedes, 12.75 kilometers (km) east of this city, said Zamboanga Peninsula police information officer Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca.
Huesca identified the victim as Sabrina Ikbala Voon, 28, who is into the trade of cosmetic products.
He said investigation showed the suspects entered into the residence of Voon when her mother, Isabel, opened the gate after one of the gunmen knocked.
The police officer said the suspects pistol-whipped Isabel when she fought back as they tried to grab Voon’s nine-year-old son. They
He said the suspects, who seized Voon when she came to the aid of her son and mother, forced Voon to board into a white van with registered plate number GPH-851 and sped toward the nearby village of Talabaan.
Huesca said Police Station 4 (PS4) policemen have responded but lost track of the suspects.
However, they have recovered the white van at Sitio Gapuh in the village of Talabaan, 18.45 kilometers east of this city.
Huesca said the suspects and the victims were believed to have boarded on a motorized banca because the area where the getaway vehicle was recovered is near to the shore of Talabaan village.
Authorities also discovered that the getaway vehicle was rented from a local rent-a-car firm.
Ignacio Curambao, who owns the vehicle, said his van was rented by a certain Ryan Cuevas Santos, 24, of Tumaga village, this city.
A follow up operation has been launched to track down the whereabouts of the victim.
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