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RAW VIDEO: Scenes from the PNP-PDEA 'misencounter' in Quezon City

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<div><em><strong>(Editor’s note: Contains language that some readers may find offensive)</strong></em></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1628101" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><p>Contributed video</p></div><p>MANILA - Police officers and anti-narcotics agents exchanged gunfire after a supposed buy-bust operation near a mall in Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City Wednesday night.</p><p>Two policemen were killed while 4 others -- a police officer and 3 operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency -- were wounded in what a top police official described as a &quot;misencounter.&quot;</p><p>The shootout, which lasted several minutes, broke out on a busy highway in Quezon City dotted with stores and restaurants, and a pedestrian overpass.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/24/21/2-dead-4-wounded-in-shootout-between-pnp-pdea-in-quezon-city">2 dead, 4 wounded in shootout between PNP, PDEA in Quezon City</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/slideshow/02/25/21/in-photos-the-deadly-pnp-pdea-shootout-in-quezon-city">IN PHOTOS: The deadly PNP-PDEA shootout in Quezon City</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1628102" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar"><p>Contributed video</p></div><p>Videos obtained by ABS-CBN News show that multiple gunshots rang out as civilians ran and sought safety while police officers closed in near the scene.</p><p>A man can be heard shouting, &quot;Tigilin niyo! (Stop that),&quot; after 2 gunshots were fired. It was followed by &quot;Itong tropa namin (This is our troop).&quot;</p><p>In another video, several motorcycle riders stopped at a junction after being caught in the crossfire. They can be seen running away after hearing the series of gunshots.</p><p>Initial police report revealed that members of Quezon City Police District conducted a buy-bust operation but were unaware the people they were transacting with were PDEA agents.</p><p>To determine the truth behind the incident, a bilateral board of inquiry will be established by the PNP and PDEA.</p>

<p>Police officers and anti-narcotics agents exchanged gunfire after a supposed buy-bust operation near a mall on Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City Wednesday night.</p>

Police officers and anti-narcotics agents exchanged gunfire after a supposed buy-bust operation near a mall on Commonwealth Ave., Quezon City Wednesday night.