Maguindanao del Norte village official hurt in gun attack despite ban

Maguindanao del Norte. INQUIRER FILES COTABATO CITY — Unidentified gunmen shot and injured a village councilor in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte at 11:40 a.m. on Tuesday, police said. The attack that injured Rusman Agar Pinguiaman, 33, a resident of Barangay Baka, Datu Odin Sinsuat town, occurred while the election gun ban is in effect in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the first parliamentary elections on Sept. 14. Capt. Steffi Salanguit, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR) spokesperson, said Pinguiaman was taking a coffee break at a roadside restaurant when two men on a motorbike arrived. Article continues after this advertisement READ: Senate impeach court eyes Sept. 23 ruling on votes to convict Duterte Salaguit said one of them pulled a pistol and shot the village official in his chest. The suspects immediately fled. Relatives rushed him to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center in Cotabato City. Salanguit said the motive of the attack and the perpetrators remained unknown and investigation is continuing. She did not say if the attack was related to the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections. INQ /mr Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. Your subscription has been successful.