Cops kill 2 crime group members in Las Piñas

MANILA, Philippines -  Police killed two suspected members of a crime syndicate during a raid in a house in Las Piñas City on Tuesday morning.

Police identified one of the fatalities as Mandy Sulayman Abubakar, a resident of Barangay Talon Singko, Las Pinas City.

Initial reports said that policemen were serving a search warrant on Abubakar when the suspect and an unidentifiec companion fired at them.

The policemen retaliated, killing Abubakar and his still unidentified companion.

Police seized several firearms including cal. 45 pistol, a cal.38 revolver, and a 9MM pistol.

Also seized from Abubakar's residence were a kilogram of shabu, several drug paraphernalia and digital weighing scales.