Police authorities in Maguindanao are hunting down gunmen
who fired a rifle grenade at the house of a mayoral candidate in Gen. Salipada
K. Pendatun, Maguindanao on election day.
Senior Supt. Nickson Muksan, Maguindanao police provincial
director, said the manhunt involved elements of the provincial public safety
battalion, Gen. SK Pendatun police office and elements of the 33rd Infantry
Battalion.
Citing reports from Gen. SK Pendatun town police office,
unidentified armed men fired M-79 grenade toward the house of Datu Pendatun Ali
in Barangay Poblacion shortly before the voting commenced on Monday.
Ali is running for mayor as an independent candidate.
Ali was meeting with his supporters and allies when the
rifle grenade landed inside the compound that injured four persons. The injured
were rushed to a hospital in Tacurong
City
The suspects, according to witnesses, fled to Liguasan
marshland.
Voting commenced as scheduled in other parts of the
municipality.
Canvassing is still on going at the municipal town council
building. The Comelec said due to internet problem, transmission of votes cast
had been slow from outlying villages where the signal was very low or none at
all.
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