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Even in handcuffs, Felix Cañete who was in police custody for pickpocketing, grabbed the collar of PO1 Roy Ceniza and pulled him inside the police patrol car, after seeing a robber aim his gun at the officer.
"I dragged him so he won't get hit. I pitied him," said in Cebuano the 52-year-old Cañete, who has three children with his estranged wife. "He was on the brink of death, and I saved him because like me, he has a family.
Ceniza was hit in the right foot, while his companion PO1 Elrich Jourdin Catacutan was hit in the chest near the right armpit. Both officers and PO1 Ernesto Silva fought four men who robbed China Bank personnel and security outside the supermarket of the Robinsons Mall on Osmeña Blvd. in Cebu City Monday morning. The two policemen belong to the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) Mobile Patrol Group (MPG). [Full Story]
