Authorities are hot on the trail of a group of armed men who
ambushed and killed a cop and injured four others, including the town police
chief, along a secluded section of the highway in Sitio Timbuangan, Barangay
Manganding, Picong, Lanao del Sur on Tuesday.
Capt. Arvin Encinas, Army’s 6th Infantry Division spokesman,
identified the lone fatality as PO1 Rodin Mala of the Picong police force,
while those wounded as P/Insp. Rudy Babsingit, Picong police chief; PO3
Saidamen Rashid Kalal; and militiamen Sultan Hualik, and Sanguyan Halig.
The 6ID based in Maguindanao includes Picong, Lanao del Sur,
in its area of jurisdiction.
Encinas said reports reaching them indicated that the
victims were onboard a vehicle around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday when waylaid by armed
members of the Binon clan in apparent retaliation to the recent arrest of a
relative involved in the illegal drug trade.
The ambushers withdrew to a forested section of the highway
after the incident.
Recovered from the ambush site were empty shells of M-14 assault
rifle, among others.
Encinas said Army troopers who responded to the incident
brought the wounded to a local hospital.
Pursuit operations are ongoing, he added.
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