Police hunt man who robbed, raped women in Lucena

MANILA, Philippines — Police are on the hunt for a man who robbed and sexually assaulted three women in Lucena City in Quezon on Wednesday.

Investigators said the man barged into a unit on the third floor of a residential building in Barangay 9 and hogtied and robbed three women of their laptops, cell phones, jewelry and cash before caressing and raping one of them.

In Calamba City in Laguna, police arrested a man who robbed and raped a single mom at a forested area of Barangay Sirang Lupa.

Lt. Col. Victor Sobrepreña, Calamba police chief, said the woman was on her way home from working late as cashier at a supermarket when the suspect appeared and held her at gunpoint.