The killing continues in the municipality of Ampatuan

Village official shot dead in Ampatuan
by Malu Cadeliña Manar / MindaNews
Thursday, 21 January 2010 08:32

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 Jan) – The killing continues in the municipality of Ampatuan in Maguindanao as a barangay kagawad was shot dead by a still unidentified suspect late afternoon Tuesday, police said.

Talib Salahudin, of Barangay Kakal, was reportedly on his way home when shot many times in the head. No one saw the incident in the dark and deserted area where he was shot, said Sr. Supt. Alex Lineses, provincial police director.

Lineses clarified that the victim was not in any way related to Ampatuan Vice Mayor Rasul Sangki, the primary witness to the Nov. 23 Ampatuan massacre where 58 persons were killed, 32 of them from the media.

The police chief said the victim was also not the “Doc Uling” earlier reported as the one killed last Tuesday night in Kakal.

Uling, reports said, was Sangki’s first cousin and security aide.

Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, who is candidate for Maguindanao governor, said earlier that Uling was shot dead inside his home in Kakal, supposedly by the grandchildren of Gov. Andal Ampatuan Sr. The suspects, he said, are Bahnarin and Ulo Ampatuan, and Sukarno Badal.

The three suspects are also among those accused in the Ampatuan massacre.

“They killed Uling to threaten Sangki, who is our primary witness. They might also do that to Sangki’s other relatives,” he warned. (Malu Cadeliña Manar / MindaNews)