Vice mayor, escort, slain in Maguindanao del Sur ambush

Vice mayor, escort, slain in Maguindanao del Sur ambush

/ 11:39 PM August 02, 2024

Vice mayor, escort, slain in Maguindanao del Sur ambush

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COTABATO CITY – The vice mayor of South Upi town in Maguindanao del Sur, including his escort, died on the spot in a gun-attack along Sitio Linao, Bahar village around 5 p.m. on Friday.

Police Lieutenant Amer Hussien Disomangcop, the South Upi police chief, identified the victims as Roldan M. Benito, the vice mayor of said town and his escort Weng Marcos.

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Wounded in the ambush are his wife Analyn F. Benito, the chief of Pandan village in the same town, and their two minor kids.

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Disomangcop told the Inquirer that Vice Mayor Benito was driving his orange Strada pick-up truck together with his escort, wife and two children while on their way back home in Barangay Pandan, South Upi, when attacked by unidentified gunmen.

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Suspects immediately fled to unknown direction after the attack.

“We are still investigating this incident to determine the motive of the crime,” Disomangcop said.

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