AMBUSHED. Police cordoned off the pickup truck of Saudi national Solayman Jamal and his wife after an ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday night (Oct. 10, 2023). Jamal died on the spot while his wife, Bainot Jamal, was wounded. (Photo courtesy of Shariff Aguak LGU)
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao del Sur – Police authorities here are tracking down two men, riding tandem on a motorbike, who ambushed and killed a Saudi national and injured his wife on Tuesday night.
In a statement Wednesday, Shariff Aguak Mayor Datu Akmad Mitra Ampatuan condemned the ambush and directed the police to identify, arrest, and prosecute the perpetrators.
Major Haron Macabanding, town police chief, identified the slain foreigner as Saudi Solayman Jamal, 50, and his injured wife as Bainot Jamal, 45, both residents of Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur.
Macabanding said Jamal, who was driving his pickup truck (NER 6511), was killed on the spot while his wife sustained gunshot wounds in the body during the 6 p.m. attack.
The wife’s unidentified brother who was seated in the back seat was unharmed and rushed his injured sister to the Maguindanao provincial hospital aboard a tricycle.
The couple had just visited a farm lot they recently purchased in neighboring Barangay Labu-Labu, Datu Hofer town, and was heading for home via this town when ambushed by the gunmen.
Initial investigation bared that the gunmen were seen tailing the pick-up truck and executed the ambush.
Macabanding said the motive of the attack and the identities of the perpetrators remained unknown as of posting. (PNA)
