First Lieutenant Antolin Garcia Encarnacion from the Air Force (FAD) was injured in a robbery on Sunday, 30 June when his service firearm was stolen from him outside his house in Santo Domingo.
He was shot in several parts of his body and was taken to the Military Hospital for treatment.
More than ten people have been questioned in connection with the incident.
The Minister of Interior and Police, Jose Ramon Fadul, says that he is not excluding the possibility that the recent wave of murders of military personnel is part of a plan to make the Citizen Security Plan fail, because if it did, this would benefit the criminals. Six members of the military or police forces have been murdered or injured in clashes with criminals since 28 June. The suspected motive in these cases is firearm theft.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2013/7/8/283688/Hieren-a-un-teniente-de-FAD-y-lo-despojan-de-arma-de-reglamento
www.eldia.com.do/nacionales/2013/7/8/118701/Fadul-denuncia-ataques-y-asesinatos-contra-militaresy-policias-buscan