Manhunt launched vs. killers of Maguindanao village councilor

From the Philippine News Agency (Jun 28, 2022): Manhunt launched vs. killers of Maguindanao village councilor (By Edwin Fernandez)

Google map of Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao – Law enforcers here have launched a manhunt against two men who shot dead a councilor of Barangay Labungan Monday afternoon.

Lt. Guiseppe Tamayo, municipal deputy police chief, said Tuesday local authorities are pursuing a lead that will hopefully result in the arrest of the perpetrators.

“The pursuit is ongoing,” Tamayo said, as he declined to comment further so as not to jeopardize their operation.

Reports said Councilor Macmod Masiangal was walking toward the village hall when two men riding in tandem on a motorbike appeared from behind and shot him.

The crime scene is about two kilometers away from the Army’s 6th Infantry Division headquarters in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Masiangal was the first village official killed this year, and the second since October last year when a councilor of Pandag, Maguindanao was also killed in an ambush in this town.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1177690