Agusan town politician’s men shot cop, disarm police chief

SANTIAGO, Agusan del Norte - A policeman was shot and critically wounded early Tuesday by one of the 30 bodyguards of a politician who stormed the counting of the votes at the Jagupit Central Elementary School in Santiago town here.The politician’s men also disarmed policemen, including the town’s police chief Insp. Isidro Lumacang, who conducted a security check at the school.Wounded was Police Officer 3 Virgilio Pabia, who was shot in the back by one of the armed men. He was rushed to the Butuan Doctors Hospital.Reports said Pabia and other policemen went to the school to check on complaints that armed men were allegedly terrorizing election workers.Caraga Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Antonio Dator Nanas declined to identify the politician who sent his bodyguards to harass the teachers.