Village exec, wife slain in Maguindanao del Norte gun attack

Village exec, wife slain in Maguindanao del Norte gun attack

/ 03:51 PM August 19, 2024

Village exec, wife slain in Maguindanao del Norte gun attack

AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

COTABATO CITY — A village chairperson and his wife were killed Sunday by still unidentified gunmen in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte.

Village exec, wife slain in Maguindanao del Norte gun attack

AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

Esmael Mustapha, chairman of Barangay Bulibod, and his wife Rahima, the barangay secretary, were walking home from the town center when unidentified gunmen attacked them in an isolated spot of the village, about a kilometer away from the Cotabato East Diversion Road, where there were no streetlights,  said  Lieutenant Colonel Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police station chief.

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Village exec, wife slain in Maguindanao del Norte gun attack

AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE

The two village officials, who earlier joined the foundation day activities at the town gymnasium, had no armed escorts when attacked.

Police found several empty shells at the crime scene near the bodies of the victims.

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