Cops hunt down killers of Maguindanao DepEd supervisor

By Edwin Fernandez

July 11, 2022, 2:09 pm

<p><strong>CRIME SCENE.</strong> Police put up a yellow police line as a post-crime investigation is done at the house of Maguid Mangudadatu, 63, in Barangay Poblacion, President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat on Sunday (July 10, 2022). Mangudadatu, the education district supervisor of Buluan, Maguindanao, was shot dead by unidentified armed attackers inside his home at 4:30 p.m. of the same day. <em>(Photo from President Quirino MPS)</em></p>

CRIME SCENE. Police put up a yellow police line as a post-crime investigation is done at the house of Maguid Mangudadatu, 63, in Barangay Poblacion, President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat on Sunday (July 10, 2022). Mangudadatu, the education district supervisor of Buluan, Maguindanao, was shot dead by unidentified armed attackers inside his home at 4:30 p.m. of the same day. (Photo from President Quirino MPS)

TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat – A pursuit operation is underway for the killers of a Maguindanao Department of Education (DepEd) supervisor who was attacked in President Quirino town of this province Sunday afternoon.

Lt. Godofredo Tupaz, President Quirino town deputy police chief, identified the victim as Maguid Mangudadatu, 63, the schools district supervisor for Central Buluan in Buluan, Maguindanao.

Mangudadatu had just arrived at his home in Barangay Poblacion, President Quirino, at 4:30 p.m. when one of two gunmen barged inside and shot him using a .45-caliber pistol.

The attackers sped off aboard a motorcycle, leaving Mangudadatu dead, Tupaz said.

“Motive of the attack and the perpetrators remained unknown pending our ongoing investigation on the case,” the police official said.

Tupaz said they are also taking the statements of several witnesses for the possible identities of the attackers. (PNA)

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