COTABATO CITY (August 15, 2026) — Three vehicles in the convoy of Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua were shot by gunmen positioned along a stretch of a highway in Barangays Bito in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, August 15.

Macacua was in one of the three vehicles, a bullet-proofed Toyota Land Cruiser, that still unidentified men reportedly shot with assault rifles.

The commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, Brig. Gen. Ricky Bunayog, and Brig. Gen. Christopher Abecia director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, separately told reporters that personnel of their intelligence units are helping officials of the Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipal Police Station investigate the incident.

All of the passengers of the three vehicles hit by rifle ammunition survived the attack unscathed.

The gunshots that reverberated through the scene caused panic among villagers in dwelling enclaves around.