ILIGAN CITY — Unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed the mayor of Pantar, Lanao del Norte here late Thursday, the police said Friday.
Supt. Leony Roy Ga, the city police chief, said Mayor Mohammad Exchan Limbona was on an SUV with his wife and daughter; and two escorts when fired at in Barangay (village) Dalipuga around 9:45 p.m.
His wife and daughter were unscathed but his two escorts were wounded, he said.
The police were still investigating the incident, Ga said.
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