Monday, November 16, 2015

Army to assist North Cotabato PNP in pursuing suspects in massacre of 4

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 17): Army to assist North Cotabato PNP in pursuing suspects in massacre of 4

Major Gen. Edmundo Pangilinan, commander of the 6th Infantry Division, has directed the military's 602nd Infantry Brigade based in Carmen, North Cotabato to provide full support and assistance to the local police following a massacre of a family four Monday night.

Pangilinan directed newly promoted Brig. Gen. Noel Clement, 602nd brigade chief, to assist the Carmen PNP in pursuing the gunmen who killed four and injured three others in the village of Ugalingan at 7:30 p.m.

Unidentified gunmen strafed the house of Agal family in the village, killing Ibrahim Agal, 50, his children Mustafa, 12, Pama, 10 and Sarah, 9, all residents of the Barangay Ugalingan.

Chief Inspector Julius Malcontento, Carmen PNP chief, said the early evening attack also injured Ibrahim's other children, identified as Nashrudin, 9, Mokamad, 18 and brother Jerry, 42.

Citing initial investigation report, police said the victims were all inside the Agal compound in Barangay Ugalingan when gunmen arrived on motorbikes and opened fire, using high caliber firearms.

Malcontento said two of the victims died instantly while others expired at the North Cotabato provincial hospital in Kidapawan City.

Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police provincial director, said the incident could have been triggered by a long standing family feud involving Agal family and an unidentified clan in the village.

Following the incident, joint police and Army personnel have established more checkpoints on all the entry and exit points of town which borders North Cotabato and Bukidnon.

Witnesses said the victims migrated to Barangay Ugalingan from another village, also in Carmen, due to clan war.

Manhunt operation is still going on.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=827951

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