The three men – Usman Kanting, Normi Usman and Budin Guiamil – were killed by motorcycle gunmen who tailed them while they travelled on two motorcycles in the village of Baguer in North Cotabato’s Libungan town.
A fourth man, Abdurahman Talib, who is an Islamic scholar, was wounded during his escape, according to the Mindanao Human Rights Action Center.
Talib said he and his companions left their residences in Cotabato City to attend the symposium when gunmen attacked them without provocation.
He said upon reaching the sparsely populated highway in Libungan, one of the four gunmen shot them one by one. He said his father-in-law, Usman, and Guiamil were killed instantly.
Talib said he managed to jump off the motorcycle after the gunmen fired upon them and he landed on the roadside and injuring his body, and ran away as the attackers also fled.
Talib said a police car passed by right after the shooting, but it did not even bother to stop. He said villagers rushed him to the nearest hospital. The motive of the attack is still unknown. (Mindanao Examiner)
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