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Mayor wounded in ambush

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The mayor of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte was on his way home from a campaign sortie

COTABATO, Philippines, April 25 – Mayor Abdulmalik Manamparan of Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, and one councilor were wounded Thursday night, April 25, in an ambush after a campaign sortie.

Initial police reports said that Manamparan’s convoy was in a mountainous area in Barangay Malaig, Nunungan, when the ambush took place at around 6:40 pm.

Police and soldiers proceeded to the area, which is about 20 kilometers away from the poblacion. By 9pm, police said, the mayor was escorted out of the area for medical treatment.

The ambush comes 5 days after communist guerrillas attacked the convoy of another mayor, Ruthie Guingona, of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. Guingona survived but two of her aides were killed. – Rappler.com

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