8-month-old girl dead, 4 others hurt in Maguindanao Sur ambush | Inquirer

8-month-old girl dead, 4 others hurt in Maguindanao Sur ambush

/ 10:01 AM March 28, 2023

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COTABATO CITY — An 8-month-old girl was killed while four other family members were injured in an ambush Monday night by still-unidentified armed men.

Captain Ramillo Serame, municipal police chief of Datu Hofer, Maguindanao del Sur, said the five victims were on board a tricycle, locally known as “payong-payong,” driven by Sadam Mamadra Mamasainged, the girl’s father. They were heading home from a nearby mosque.

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As they reached Sitio Bagurot of Barangay Tuayan Mother at about 7 p.m., unidentified men on board a motorbike sprayed them with bullets.

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Apart from Sadam, also injured were his wife, Faira, and two other children.

Responding police personnel rushed the survivors to the Maguindanao provincial hospital.

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Serame said a hunt had been launched for the suspects.

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Police investigators said the attack could have been precipitated by a “rido” or family feud.

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