Gunmen torch buses in Pangasinan, 7 wounded

Scene of the Crime Operatives of the Philippine National Police (PNP) inspect the five Victory Liner buses burned by still unidentified armed men before midnight Wednesday at the Victory Bus terminal in Lingayen, Pangasinan. Six policemen were also wounded in the attacks. – Cesar Ramirez MANILA (AP) -Police officials say gunmen have set fire to buses parked in a terminal in a northern Philippine municipality and wounded six officers who tried to stop them. An employee has suffered severe burns. Superintendent Harris Fama, police chief of the Pangasinan provincial capital of Lingayen, says the gunmen arrived in two vans at the Victory Liner terminal before midnight Wednesday, disarmed a security guard and burned five buses. In May, gunmen claiming to be communist rebels burned five buses in a suburban Manila terminal reportedly to punish the same company for refusing to pay extortion money. Police say the attacks could have been staged by disgruntled ex-employees or criminals.