BULLET-RIDDLED. The vehicle of Chairperson Zoraida Mamaluba of Barangay Kamasi in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, hit an electric post after it was ambushed on Monday afternoon (June 21, 2022). The village official had just alighted from the vehicle when the shooting occurred. (Photo courtesy of Ampatuan MPS)
COTABATO CITY – A village chairperson escaped a slay try in an ambush staged by still unidentified gunmen in Maguindanao’s town of Ampatuan, a police official said Tuesday.
Lt. Reynaldo Samson, Ampatuan town police chief, said Chairperson Zoraida Mamaluba of Barangay Kamasi had just alighted from her Mitsubishi Montero Monday afternoon when her vehicle was fired upon by the gunmen in a drive-by fashion.
“She is safe, she was not in the car when it was ambushed a few meters from her home,” Samson said.
Saudi Zacaria Dimaliba, the village chair’s driver, was slightly injured with broken windshield pieces after he accidentally stepped on the vehicle’s gas pedal and hit an electric post during the barrage of gunfire.
A barangay utility worker, Dolce Montery Mambantawan, who was in Mamaluba’s vehicle, also escaped unscathed.
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Samson said an investigation is ongoing to determine the motive behind the incident.
“We would like to find if this ambush incident has something to do with the cases that she (Mamaluba) resolved in the barangay court,” he said.
Mamaluba could not be reached for comment. (PNA)
