From GMA News (Jul 15): Mayor ‘eludes’ rocket-propelled grenade in Mindanao ambush
South Upi town mayor survived an ambush on Thursday afternoon in Maguindanao when his attackers missed his convoy with their rocket-propelled grenade.
Chief Inspector Ronald De Leon, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Police spokesperson, told GMA News late Thursday that Mayor Reynalbert Insular managed to slip past his attackers near Kilometer 28 in North Upi town.
Unidentified armed men waylaid Insular, fired their rocket-propelled grenade but missed their target.
“We received reports he [Insular] was ambushed but managed [to slip away to safety]," De Leon said.
Insular's police escorts fired back at the attackers and quickly drove the mayor away from the ambush site, De Leon added.
Insular won his very first term as mayor in the May 9 elections, as an independent candidate.
Comelec had tagged South Upi town as one of the "areas of immediate concern" due to intense political rivalry that in the past had ended in violent deaths.
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/573753/news/regions/mayor-eludes-rocket-propelled-grenade-in-mindanao-ambush
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