What killed 10 inmates and seriously wounded a jail officer inside the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Parañaque City on Thursday night – gunfire or grenade shrapnel? Since both are considered contraband in a prison community, it is a great puzzle on how gunfire and then a grenade explosion happened soon after 10 inmates were escorted to the office of Superintendent Gerald Bantag, the jail warden. The inmates reportedly had requested for a meeting with the jail warden to air their objection to an order transferring them to another detention cell, Chief Inspector Ariel Sanchez, of the Parañaque Station Investigation and Detective Management Branch, said. “They requested to talk to the jail warden since they don’t want to be transferred to another cell. Their wish was heeded,” Sanchez told the Manila Bulletin in Filipino. They were escorted to the jail warden’s office at the ground floor of [...]
