Cotabato village chair, tanod killed in ambush | Inquirer News

Cotabato village chair, tanod killed in ambush

/ 08:19 AM April 04, 2018

CARMEN, North Cotabato – One month before the barangay elections, unidentified gunmen ambushed a village chair and a village watchman here on Tuesday, in what police suspected was a politically-motivated attack.

Chief Inspector Julius Malcontento, Carmen police chief, said 56-year old Joaquin Sardon Segumban, 56, chair of Barangay Tonganon, and Joey Gmotia Gamarchia, 57, a village watchman, were killed in the 2:30 p.m. incident in Sitio Galay in Barangay Kibayao.

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Chief Inspector Mikail Tan, head of North Cotabato Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO), said Segumban died from nine gunshot wounds while Gamotia had five bullet wounds.

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Malcontento said Segumban and Gemotia were heading for Barangay Poblacion on a barangay multicab when attacked.

Two suspects opened fire using cal.-45 pistols, Malcontento said.

Senior Supt. Maximo Layugan, the acting North Cotabato police director, said the attack could be political. /cbb

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