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Supt. Danilo Peralta, North Cotabato police provincial director, has directed the PNP in Pikit,
Pangilamen of Limbo, Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao was riding in tandem with Mustapha Galay, 31 of Barangay Tapodoc, Aleosan,
Both sustained gunshot wounds in the legs and neck, according to Senior Inspector Mautin Pangandiman, Pikit police chief.
The shooting happened in Barangay Langayen, Pikit, at 8:50 a.m. Friday.
Both are now recuperating at a hospital in nearby Midsayap town, police said.
"The shooting could be borne out of personal grudge between Engr. Pangilamen and the suspects," Pangandiman said.
The victim is working with Masulot construction company which is subcontracting with the government on the Malitubog-Maridagao irrigation project that supplies water to about 16,000 hectares of farmland in
Helping the police in the manhunt are members of the 7th Infantry Battalion based in Pikit.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=625760
Might be insurgency-related violence given the engineer's association with the Masulot Construction Company and the Malitubog-Maridagao Irrigation Project. Insurgents could be targeting key employees as a way to coerce company officials to comply with demands for payment of "revolutionary taxes," a euphemism for good old fashioned extortion.
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