Zamboanga Sibugay kidnap gang head killed, Maguindanao councilor survives slay try

From InterAksyon (Feb 28): Zamboanga Sibugay kidnap gang head killed, Maguindanao councilor survives slay try

Government forces killed the alleged leader of a kidnap for ransom group with ties to the Abu Sayyaf Group and captured two of his followers following a clash early Tuesday in Zamboanga Sibugay.

In Datu Sangki town, Maguindanao province, a village chairman who sits as ex-oficio member of the municipal council survived an assassination attempt on Monday, authorities said.

Chief Superintendent Billy Beltran, director of Police Regional Office-9, said the 3 a.m. clash in Sitio Tarlah, Barangay Tampalan, Alicia town, in which Imam Yasin died and Aujie Moh Abdul Karim and Mura Mohammad were captured also left Police Officer 2 Larry Falitnang of the Special Action Force wounded.

Beltran said Yasin and his men resisted when authorities tried to serve a warrant of arrest for murder on the gang leader.

Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent Agustin Tello, Maguindanao police director, said Edris Dading Sangki, 45, chairperson of Barangay Kaya-Kaya who sits on the town council as Association of Barangay Chairpersons, was at home when two men riding a motorcycle drove up and fired at him around 4 p.m. Monday.

Sangki was hit in the side but has been declared out of danger.

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