2 Cagayan school buildings torched

BAGGAO, Cagayan – Two public school buildings in the remote town of Baggao in northernmost Cagayan were torched by still unidentified men morning of July 21, police said.

Senior Insp. Charles Bueno, Baggao police chief, said the involvement of communist rebels in the arson attack on the San Jose Elementary School was “farfetched and very remote.”
“We still have no definite lead yet, but we believe that it is more the handiwork of pranksters rather than the NPA,” Bueno said.

Fire damage was placed at P2.5 million. The NPA didn’t make a statement on the matter even as residents were tightlipped. – CL