Brother-in-law of Luli Arroyo wounded in C-5 carjacking
A brother-in-law of the President Arroyo’s daughter, Luli Arroyo-Bernas, sustained three bullets in the abdomen and arm trying to defy four men who seized his van, togethr with members of his family aboard, along C-5 Road in Pasig City before dawn Saturday, Police said.
According to Senior Superintendent Jessie Cardona, the Pasig police chief, Jorge Bernas, 41, was in steady condition at the Medical City as of mid-afternoon Saturday.
Bernas is the brother of John Aloysius Bernas, the president’s son-in-law, Cardona said.
Bernas was shot twice in the stomach and once on the left arm as he attempted to defy the robbers and called out for help.
At about 5:15 a.m., Bernas, his wife Jo Analise, 42, their children Arianne, 12, and Antonio, 11, with their houseboy and driver, were traveling on their van, a Hyundai Starex van (plate number ZLE-801), police said.
They had been picked up by their driver from the airport in Pasay City and were about to head home to Greenmeadows subdivision, Quezon City, when the carjacking happened, Jo Analise told investigators at the hospital.
Upon reaching the corner of C-5 and Ortigas Avenue in Barangay Ugong, a white Toyota Hi-Ace van hit the rear right portion of the Starex, leaving Bernas and their driver to get out from the car to check the damage.
The four armed men then came out of the Hi-Ace and pointed their weapons at Bernas, but the victim resisted and shouted for help, having one of the robbers to shoot him repeatedly, the investigator said.
The robbers then escaped leaving the wounded Bernas lying on the ground and seized the Starex van with Bernas’ wife and children and their houseboy still aboard, the police said.
They dropped off Bernas’ family members on Edsa at the corner of Estrella Street in Makati City, and drove off in the Starex followed by the Hi-Ace, Lipata said.
A jeepney driver, Efren Gereda, saw Bernas and took him to the hospital, the investigator said.
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