5 robbery suspects slain in Quezon

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna, Philippines – Five suspected members of a robbery-holdup gang were killed when they shot it out with lawmen in Pagbilao and Tiaong towns in Quezon in the past two days, police said. Chief Superintendent Perfecto Palad, Region 4 police director, identified two of the slain suspects as Randy Obal and Eric Banayado, alleged members of the Sadam Group, a robbery-holdup gang operating in Region 4. – Arnell Ozaeta, Ed Amoroso and Michelle Zoleta