AUTHORITIES are clueless about the identities of the suspects who lobbed hand grenades near a mosque in Talayan, Maguindanao on Friday noon that wounded the town’s former mayor, his son, also a mayor, and six of their security escorts. Wounded in the attack were Kagui Ali Midtimbang, 62; his son Nathaniel, 33, the mayor of Datu Anggal town; and their security escorts Datu Anong Mupak, Sandi Aron, Manap Balumol and three others identified only as Kasim, Marcos and Macalangga. Midtimbang, former mayor of Talayan, ran for governor of Maguindanao in the 2016 elections but lost to re-electionist Gov. Agustin Tello, provincial police director, said the suspects immediately fled the crime scene towards Datu Anggal on board separate motorcycles. One of the motorcycles used in the attack was later found along a highway in Barangay Mapayag in Datu Anggal, he added.

Source: Manila Times April 22, 2017 16:41 UTC