Military authorities on Monday said the target of about five
men in an ambush in Maguindanao last week was the village chair and not the
military who happened to have traveled with the victim.
Capt. Joann Petinglay, speaking for the 6th Infantry
Division, said the killing of village chair Udsalon Ambiton of Barangay
Masigay, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, in the nearby town of Datu Piang
Ambiton was driving his multi-cab vehicle where a certain
Capt. Melendrez and his escort hitchhiked when the suspects tossed a hand
grenade that exploded under the vehicle. The gunmen immediately opened fire on
them.
Ambiton died instantly while a soldier and Capt. Melendrez
were rushed to Camp
Siongco Hospital
The unidentified soldier died hours later while Melendrez is
now recuperating from non-fatal gunshot wounds.
"Clearly, the main target was the village chair and
police investigators are looking at personal grudge or family feud as the
motive of the attack," the Army spokesperson told reporters.
Police in Datu Piang could not say whether members of the
outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were involved.
But in another incident, suspected BIFF members fired rocket
propelled grenade toward a detachment of the 22nd Mechanized Company in Datu
Piang that left one soldier slightly wounded.
The grenade attack came at past 8 p.m. Sunday.
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