{"id":24498,"date":"2014-09-02T20:10:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=24498"},"modified":"2014-09-02T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T15:17:17","slug":"armed-men-point-guns-at-car-on-edsa-photo-taken-by-witness-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/02\/armed-men-point-guns-at-car-on-edsa-photo-taken-by-witness-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed men point guns at car on EDSA; photo taken by witness goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This hurriedly taken eyewitness photo shows armed men surrounding a vehicle along EDSA mid-afternoon of Monday, Sept, 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A female motorist took a photo of a chilling incident that occurred on Monday, mid-afternoon, along the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA).<\/p>\n

The picture, which has since gone viral, shows a group of armed men pointing their weapons at a car along EDSA. The men presumably alighted from their own vehicles \u2013 one car, an SUV, a van, and a motorcycle \u2013 which they had used to cut-off and corner the white vehicle; described by another witness as a Fortuner.<\/p>\n

The incident has yet to be by explained by authorities<\/p>\n

According to the witness, the situation occurred yesterday at around “2:45 pm, near Shell San Juan going to Ortigas.\u201d Traffic had slowed down, which she thought was on account of the daily commute along one of the country\u2019s major thoroughfares. But closer examination revealed otherwise.<\/p>\n

In a phone interview with reporters from Yahoo Philippines, the witness said: \u201cI thought it was just traffic and I went a little bit out\u2026I wasn\u2019t sure what was happening but I went on ahead. I\u2019m honestly not sure what happened. But I know there are guns and they cornered one car,\u201d she said adding that there was also a man on board a motorcycle with the armed men.<\/p>\n

She likewise noted that all the other vehicles on the road just drove by the scene, probably out of fear. She hurriedly took a photo, and drove off, as well, fearful of being involved in the conflict.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m too scared to look,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Officials from the Mandaluyong Police station \u2013 the precinct with jurisdiction over the area \u2013 informed reporters that policemen were dispatched to the site. The Philippine National Police, however, has yet to issue an official statement about the situation.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Mandaluyong Traffic Operations Center (TOC) said that they received an incident report, but found nothing when they got to the area.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, an account from another female netizen who claimed that she also witnessed incident has surfaced online. Apart from the standoff, the woman alleged that there was an exchange of gunfire, and that the armed men \u201ctook the passengers in the Fortuner.”<\/p>\n

Some concerned citizens have suggested that it may have been an undercover operation of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Though Yahoo Philippines reported that, as of Tuesday morning, a high-ranking official of the bureau could not confirm if the incident was, in fact, an NBU directive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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