Two individuals, Solaiman Alibasa and Hadji Asrap Sandab, were killed instantly while three others were wounded when gunmen shot with assault rifles their vehicle in Barangay Paigoay in Marogong, Lanao del Sur on Saturday, the police director of the Bangsamoro region, Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, told reporters on Sunday.
Three companions of the slain Alibasa and Sandab, Sanaoray Alibasa, Sarpia Mangayao and Ramil Bao, who sustained bullet wounds in different parts of their bodies, are now confined in a hospital.
The ambush victims were on their way to the town proper of Malabang in Lanao del Sur when they were ambushed by men armed with assault rifles, positioned along a stretch of the highway in Barangay Paigoay.
The ambushers had immediately escaped towards a nearby hinterland, according to officials of the Marogong Municipal Police Station. (December 8, 2024, with handout photo, JFU, in Cotabato City)
