AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
COTABATO CITY 鈥� A village chairperson and his wife were killed Sunday by still unidentified gunmen in Sultan Kudarat town, Maguindanao del Norte.
AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
Esmael Mustapha, chairman of聽Barangay Bulibod, and his wife Rahima, the聽barangay secretary,聽were walking home from the town center when unidentified gunmen attacked them in an isolated spot of the village,聽about a kilometer away from the Cotabato East Diversion Road, where there were no streetlights,聽 said聽聽Lieutenant Colonel Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat municipal police station chief.
AMBUSHED. Police scene of the crime operatives conduct post crime investigation in Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, where the village chair and his wife were killed on Sunday, Aug 18, 2024. PHOTOS BY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE
The two village officials, who聽earlier joined the聽foundation聽day activities at the聽town gymnasium, had聽no armed escorts when attacked.
Police found several empty shells at the crime scene near the聽bodies of the victims.