Gunmen kill North Cotabato mayor

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Unidentified gunmen killed Mayor Christopher Cuan, of North Cotabato’s Libungan town in southern Philippines, officials said, adding his driver was also slain in the daring broad daylight attack.

Mayor Christopher Cuan 

Cuan was inspecting his cockpit arena when four gunmen arrived and attacked him and his driver Edwin Ihao. The attackers escaped in a car after the shooting, leaving the bloodied body of the politician slumped near his vehicle.

The motives and identities of the gunmen were unknown, but North Cotabato Nancy Catamco condemned Cuan’s murder in the village of Cabayuran and called on the police to run after the killers.

“The killing today of Mayor Christopher “Amping” Cuan of the municipality of Libungan in the province of Cotabato must be condemned in the highest degree,” Catamco said. 

“I have instructed the Cotabato Provincial Police Director to immediately conduct thorough investigation in this violent incident in order to achieve full justice for Mayor Christopher Cuan and the other victim of this unconscionable and heinous crime,” she added. 

In January last year, Cuan escaped an assassination attempt after a gunman barged inside his office and shot him, but missed. 

Police also raided his house in October 2016 in search for illegal drugs, but found nothing. Cuan denied all allegations against him. 

President Rodrigo Duterte tagged Cuan as an alleged drug dealer and included him in the so-called “narco list.” Several politicians in the list had been assassinated. (Mindanao Examiner)

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