CRIME SCENE. Police investigators cordon off the site where a former Maguindanao del Sur town councilor-cum-MILF commander was shot dead by gunmen in front of a hotel in Cotabato City on Wednesday noon (May 22, 2024). The victim had just received a certificate of house ownership for a housing project of the BARMM. (Photo courtesy of Nigel Sumanghid/DXMS-Cotabato).
COTABATO CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead here a former municipal councilor of Maguindanao del Sur who was a recipient of a housing project built by the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Col. Querubin Manalang Jr., city police director, identified the victim as Abdulrahman Kasid, a resident of Mamasapano town in Maguindanao del Sur and a field commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Kasid was walking with his relatives toward his car parked in front of the EM Manor Hotel when shot by gunmen using assault rifles around noontime.
“The turnover program was held at the function hall of the same hotel,” Manalang said, referring to the housing project of the Ministry of Human Settlements and Development (MHSD) - BARMM in Barangay Pimbalakan, Mamasapano. “Relatives rushed him to the hospital but he was declared dead on arrival due to multiple gunshot wounds.”
Police investigators recovered 10 empty shells from an M16 rifle.
Authorities remained clueless as to the motive and identities of the attackers. (PNA)
