CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Charges of multiple murder were filed yesterday against the suspects in the bombing of a bistro here where eight people were killed and several others wounded last July 26.
City prosecutor Fidel Macauyag said the charges were filed after the panel of prosecutors submitted its resolution on the complaints against Usman Hapids, who belongs to the emerging militant group Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao, and several others.
Macauyag said the case is scheduled to be raffled in the regional trial court, which would then issue the warrant for the suspects’ arrest.
He said the evidence against the bombing suspects is strong.
Hapids was positively identified as among the suspects based on an artist sketch made by the police.
Prosecutors recommended no bail for the temporary liberty of the suspects who remain at large.
The blast hit Kyla’s Bistro at the Limketkai Center here. Many of the victims were physicians and medical representatives who attended a convention in the city.