07.18.09
LEGAZPI CITY – The family day for picnic turned grey when a three-year-old child and her mother were held captive by identified kidnappers in Daet town, Camarines Norte on Friday noon, a police official reported Saturday.
Renato Umali, 39 and his wife Michelle, 23 with their three-year-old daughter Chacha, were having a picnic at Bagasbas beach, Barangay (village) Bagasbas in Daet town, when the suspects arrived on board a red Mitsubishi Adventurer SUV at around 1:05 p.m., said Inspector Ayn Natuel, Bicol regional police spokesperson.
However, the suspect Diego Saad, a driver and bodyguard of a city administrator in Antipolo City suddenly fired a shot at Renato, prompting Gill Caymey, his driver to return fire at the suspects, said Natuel.
Saad, upon his slay-attempt to Renato Umali seized his daughter instead and pointed his gun to the child.
Natuel added that when Chacha was grabbed by the suspect, the mother Michelle ran near her daughter to save her from the kidnappers, however, two companions of the suspect held them hostage.
Suspects at a gunpoint dragged them inside the vehicle then sped-off to unknown directions.
A flash alarm was already made by Daet police and they are now conducting pursuit operation, said Natuel.
Meanwhile, Renato Umali is a businessman, residing at Barangay Malasugui, Labo, Camarines Norte while Diego Saas is native of Nueva Ecija.
Cases for Attempted Murder and Kidnapping/Serious Illegal Detention are now being readied for filing in court against the suspect and his two cohorts.
Johana Vi Gasga/Inquirer Southern Luzon
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