Stray bullet hits Marcos satellite office

MANILA — On the eve of his submission of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law for plenary debate, a "straybullet" hit the front glass panel of the satellite office of Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos on Sunday at Sunset View Tower, Roxas Blvd., Manila.

"I don't think it is related to BBL. I am hoping there's no connection. It's not a good thing to speculate when we don't know everything about this incident," Marcos told journalists while police officers were conducting an investigation.

Marcos, chairman of the Senate committee on local government, is to submit the final draft committee report on the proposed BBL for plenary debates.

After submission, the Senate will conduct an allsenators caucus to tackle the timeline of its passage.

"We don't know what this incident is trying to tell us. As I said, I hope it is just a stray bullet, and not an indication that we are the ones being targeted," Marcos said.

Based on the report by Sofronio P. Romatan, 47, onduty security guard of PSVSIA Security Agency, he found the bullet hole on the glass pane in front of Marcos' satellite office on Sunday afternoon, at around 3:25 p.m.

"I had gone to fetch some water to drink. When I returned, I saw the hole on the glass pane made apparently by a bullet," Romatan said.

Operatives from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Southern Police District arrived to investigate the incident.

Marcos said that few months ago, a Tamaraw Revo van assigned to his office was also hit by a bullet at right side window.

"It makes us wonder why these things happen," Marcos said.