Manhunt launched vs. suspects in North Cotabato ambush

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 19): Manhunt launched vs. suspects in North Cotabato ambush

Police and military units are hunting down the riding-in-tandem suspects behind the ambush and wounding of a mother and son in a remote village here Tuesday afternoon.

Supt. Joan Maganto, Midsayap town police chief, said the local police and the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion have agreed to launch a joint manhunt against the two men, who attempted to kill Noria Mamalinta, 47, and her son, Ali Salem Mamalinta, 23.

Maganto said the Mamalintas, who are residents of Barangay Mudsing here, were riding a motorbike when tailed and fired upon by the motorcycle-riding men in neighboring Barangay Tugal at past 2 p.m.

“The mother sustained bullet wounds in her legs while her son, in his arms,” Maganto said.

They were immediately brought to the hospital following the incident.

Maganto said witnesses and the victims have already provided police investigators with vital information that could help locate the suspects.

Police investigators have eyed “rido” or family feud as the motive behind the slay attempt.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1057035