2 killed in ambush in Maguindanao | Inquirer News

2 killed in ambush in Maguindanao

/ 09:16 AM October 07, 2011

MANILA, Philippines — Two people were killed and several others were hurt in an ambush in Maguindanao before dawn on Friday, a police official said.

Director Felicisimo Khu, head of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations in Western Mindanao of the Philippine National Police, said that unidentified suspects opened fire at a jeepney at Labungan village in Datu Odin Sinsuat town near KM19 and the boundary of Upi town, killing two and wounding 15.

Khu said that authorities have been deployed to the area.

No other details are available as of posting time.

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