Gunmen attack Sulu police station, kill 2 cops

Posted to the Mindanao Examiner (Jun 13, 2020): Gunmen attack Sulu police station, kill 2 cops

SULU – Two policemen were killed and two others wounded in a daring attack by gunmen Saturday evening on a municipal police station in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.

The attackers opened fire on the station in Parang town around 6.30 p.m. and escaped after the shooting that killed Corporal Mudar Salamat and Patrolman Arjun Putalan.

Two other cops were wounded in the attack have been identified as Executive Master Sergeant Hamid Saribbon and Senior Master Sergeant Harold Nieva.

Provincial and municipal police forces led by Colonel Michael Bawayan launched an operation to track down the gunmen.

The motive of the attack is still unknown and no individual or group claimed responsibility for the assault, but security forces are battling pro-ISIS militants Abu Sayyaf in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region.

“As of this time, reinforcing personnel together with Parang Municipal Station are conducting pursuit operations. The identities of the perpetrators are still being established,” according to Bawayan.

It was unclear how the gunmen managed to sneak through the town without being detected by policemen or soldiers manning checkpoints in the province. (Zamboanga Post)

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