AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur — A security escort of Datu Salibo Municipal Councilor Jehan T. Sangki and a bystander were injured in a shooting incident in Barangay Poblacion on Monday, December 9, at around 5 PM.
The incident was confirmed by Councilor Sangki herself in an interview with Bandera News TV Cotabato. She chose not to disclose the identities of the security escort and the bystander who were injured outside her parents’ residence in Poblacion, Ampatuan.
According to Sangki, her security escort was outside the house when two unidentified suspects on a motorcycle approached and opened fire.
Authorities are still investigating the motive behind the shooting, as well as identifying the perpetrators involved in the attack.