INVESTIGATION. A police crime scene investigator gathers pieces of evidence in the killing of Basit Macmod Taguigaya, a former village chair of Barangay Poblacion, Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao. Taguigaya was shot at a second-hand clothing store in Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City on Wednesday (Dec. 11, 2019). (Photo courtesy of CCPO)
COTABATO CITY -- Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Wednesday afternoon a former village chair of the Maguindanao town of Shariff Saydona Mustapha while he was inside an “Ukay-Ukay” (second-hand clothing) store in the city.
Maj. Rustom Pastolero, city police station 2 commander, identified the victim as Basit Macmod Taguigaya, 40, former chair of Barangay Poblacion.
Taguigaya, who had been residing in Shariff Aguak town, Maguindanao, was standing inside the “Ukay-Ukay” store near the Cotabato City plaza when two men arrived and opened fire on him at about 1 p.m., police said.
He suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the head and body and was rushed to the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center where he expired a few minutes later while undergoing treatment.
Pastolero said a possible motive behind the attack could be personal grudge involving the victim and the attackers. Police investigation is ongoing as of this posting. (PNA)
