Tribal leader survives Maguindanao gun attack

CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO – A tribal leader in Ampatuan, Maguindanao was shot by a still unidentified gunman Tuesday night, police said.

Senior Supt. Madzgani Mukaram, Maguindanao police director, identified the victim as Oscar Andig, 62, a resident of Barangay Saniag, Ampatuan, Maguindanao.

Mukaram said Andig, a tribal leader of Teduray community, was about to take his horse around 8 p.m. when an armed man approached and shot him four times.

As Andig fell to the ground, the gunman fled with the victim’s horse. Andig sustained four bullet injuries from an M-14 rifle.

Villagers rushed the victim to the Maguindanao provincial hospital in nearby Shariff Aguak town of Maguindanao.

Andig was later transferred to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center for further medication.

Mukaram said motive of the attack could be robbery, but police were looking at other possible motives. /ee