A voter died while a dozen others were injured after nearly
a hundred supporters of two local candidates clashed on a polling precinct in
Guindulungan, Maguindanao, earlier today.
Authorities identified the victim as Unsay Usop, a local
voter, who was also accompanying a relative to vote at the Guindulungan Elementary
School
Police probers are still trying to determine the cause of
the free-for-all that broke out at the school shortly before 7 a.m. today.
Several arrests were made but police is yet to determine the
identity of the gunman at the ruckus.
Voting resumed an hour after the arrival of augmentation of
state forces in the area.
In nearby Talitay town, masked armed men also gunned down
another local resident identified Bayan Buisan around 2 a.m. today near a
voting precinct in the locality.
The gunmen fled using darkness as cover for their escape.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=883524
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