BUTUAN CITY, July 10 -- The Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 (Caraga) has reported the service of arrest warrants against the primary suspect in the non-fatal shooting of Mayor Ronito Martizano of Barobo, Surigao del Sur earlier this year.

In a statement on Friday, PRO-13 Director Brig. Gen. Marcial Mariano Magistrado IV identified the suspect as alias Commander Puma, 39, the former deputy secretary of the dismantled communist New People's Army (NPA) Guerrilla Front 30, Sub-Regional Sentro De Grabidad Westland - North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee.

The suspect was held at the Barobo Municipal Police Station's custodial facility in Barangay Poblacion when the arrest warrants were served shortly after his arrest in the same town on T...