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KIDAPAWAN CITY -– Two relatives of Maguindanao congressman Datu Simeon Datumanong were critically wounded in an ambush staged by a group of unidentified armed men along a highway in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao Friday, police said. Sr. Supt. Marcelo Pintac, Maguindanao provincial police director, identified the victims as Nasrudin Rakman, 52; and Ombus Mamison, 48, both residents of Abdullah Sanki town. The duo sustained multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of their bodies. Both are relatives of Maguindanao’s 2nd district Representative Datu Simeon Datumanong. Pintac said the victims, aboard a jeep, were on their way towards the upper portion of Barangay Kauran, Ampatuan when waylaid and fired upon by at least seven unidentified armed men. Police recovered several empty shells of M14 and M16 armalite rifles at the crime scene. The suspects fled towards the interior portion of Barangay Kauran after sensing their targets were both dead, reports said. Bystanders sought police assistance as they took the victims to a hospital for treatment. Police said the condition of both victims "is not good". “The injuries inflicted upon the victims were serious,” an investigator told media in Cotabato City. Police remain clueless on the identity of the ambushers and the motive behind the attack.
Relatives told police the victims have no known enemies. They’re not even convinced the attack was politically-motivated.
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