Cagayan girl escapes captors

By Charlie Lagasca

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police have confirmed that a 12-year-old girl snatched by van-riding men here last April 6 managed to escape from a safehouse.

The incident reportedly took place barely a week after a 16-year-old high school student was also seized by a group of men on board a white van in Amulung, Cagayan.

The girl though was able to wrestle herself free from her kidnappers.

“We have already set up checkpoints in the province although we have yet to come up with confirmation about these reports of children being abducted,” said Senior Supt. Mao Aplasca, Cagayan police director.