Subject: Fwd: Beware: Carjacker/Robber
>It pays to read this especially sa mga mahilig umuwi ng late. Read
>through...
>
>Finally, I am able to get over my initial shock, and write about my
>experience. The other Tuesday, Aug. 24, after the fellowship following our
>regular club meeting, I was on my way home to Filinvest I.
>
>Around 12 midnight, my car (a late model Accord), was cut by another car
>with blinkers, and four men armed with armalites aimed their guns at me,
>and told me to open my door. First I thought they were policemen in
>civvies who had mistaken me for someone else, or whatever. But when they
>commanded me to board their car and demanded my wallet and valuables, I
>knew they were robbers and carjackers. To make a long story short, I was
>dropped at Macapagal Avenue at around 3 a.m. of Wednesday, but not before
>cleaning my ATM account, inflicting harm on my person, threatening to kill
>me, and firing at me (with the intent of scaring me). (And of course,
>taking my Accord earlier).
>Classmates, the following day (actually around 9 am of the same day,
>Wednesday) I reported the incident to the Central Police District. And lo
>and behold, I learned that so many incidents (about a dozen or more since
>the beginning of the year) like what I went through (remember, we are
>talking here of carjacking or taking your car at gunpoint, not just simple
>carnappingt!) had been taking place in and around the following areas:
>
>1. Quezon Avenue underpass, crossing EDSA
>2. Dark streets in the areas around Morato and around the West Triangle
>3. Some areas in the Teacher's village, etc.
>4. Commonwealth -- although I understand that my case was the first one
>on top of the overpass over Tandang Sora.
>5. Some parts of EDSA - also in Q.C.
>
>Another, and I just learned this later from non-police sources, is the
>flyover from Libis, going to Katipunan, and also the underpass tunnel
>connected to the flyover. (Here, as in the Quezon underpass, the favorite
>manuever is to sandwich the victim's car between two cars, one in front
and
>the other behind.) Other carjackings have also taken place in other parts
>of Metro Manila, especially Pasig, but Q.C. is the epicenter of these
>incidents.
>
>Favorite time of carjackers (as distinct from carnappers who take vehicles
>while they are parked) is between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. although some
>carjackings are known to have taken place even earlier.
>
>The day after I was victimized, another similar incident took place
>(probably by the same gang), with a 26 year old woman, the daughter of an
>executive judge of Zambales, as the victim. She tried to parry an armalite
>aimed at her and apparently, the gun went off, hitting her on the thigh,
>shattering her femur. Let's pray that she will recover soon, and that she
>will not lose her leg.
>
>Before me, it has been rumored that the son of a high official of the PNP
>was almost victimized, but for the fact that his driver, a policeman
>himself, told the robbers he was a policeman, and that his passenger is
the
>son of this high official of PNP. (The robbers had the temerity to ask for
>IDs of the two before letting them go.) Other victims: a priest, a money
>changer, a couple with a daughter, another couple, etc.
>
>According to the police, even kidnappings are rising. Let's be careful but
>not fearful. Let's inform our children about what's taking place. And
maybe
>suggest to them that, rather than go home during those unholy hours (11
>p.m. to 3 a.m.) better if they just stay where they are or stay with a
>friend at his or her place, rather than go through the no-man's land that
>is Q.C. (or parts of it anyway!).
>
>Note: If you or your children have to really drive during those hours,
>better to take the Commonwealth / Tandang Sora crossing at street level,
>where there are many vehicles, people and a police outpost.
>
>Take care, my friends! You don't want to go through what I have gone
>through.
>'
>
>P.S. You may pass this on to your friends or other e-groups, but please
>take extra care to remove my name or email address as a precaution... for
>my sake. Thank you!
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