Police and military forces are now hunting down four men who
ambushed and killed a village chieftain here on Tuesday morning.
Brig.Gen. Noel Clement, commander of the 601st Infantry
Brigade, said soldiers have been sent to the village of Silik
Chief Insp. Sindatuk Karim, Pikit police chief, said the
victim was driving a village-owned Susuki multicab with his wife Marela enroute
to the Barangay Poblacion when the ambush took place.
Karim said pursuit operation is still on going against the
suspects who reportedly fled to Barangay Silik.
Quoting witnesses, Karim said two motorbikes, each with two
men on board, were seen tailing Mangansakan from Silik.
As Mangansakan and his wife were approaching Barangay
Ginatilan along a dirt road, one of two men on a motorcycle shot the village
official three times.
Mangansakan was hit in the head, chest and body but his wife
was unharmed.
Village watchmen of Barangay Ginatilan responded and engaged
the gunmen in a brief firefight until the suspects fled.
Villagers also rushed Mangansakan to Cruzado Medical Clinic
in Barangay Poblacion but the official was declared dead on arrival.
Karim said the slain Mangansakan is the uncle of Pikit Vice
Mayor Don Mangansakan who is running for mayor in May elections.
"We could not say if this is election related, we are
still investigating deeper," Karim said, adding that the slain village
chief also survived an ambush few years ago.
Karim also appealed to the relatives of Mangansakan to allow
the law to take its course.
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