Policewoman among 6 dead in firefight

LUCENA CITY, Quezon: Five suspected members of a kidnap for ransom (KFR) gang and a woman police officer were killed while four other lawmen were wounded in a gun battle on Tuesday morning in Barangay San Nicolas, San Pablo City in Laguna, south of Manila.

An initial report from Senior Supt. Rhoderick Armamento, Quezon police provincial director, said Ronaldo Arguelles, a suspected big-time drug suspect and resident of Cristina Village, Barangay Mangilag Sur, in Candelaria, Quezon, was forcibly taken by a group of armed men from his house at 6:15 on Monday night after they ransacked and robbed the house.