POLICE ARE still facing a blank wall on the fatal attack of a Basilan town mayor and the wounding of another in Zamboanga City.
Unidentified gunmen shot Akbar
town Mayor Alih Awal Sali and Al-Barka town Mayor Darussalam Saguindilan Lajid
in a daring attack on December 6 in the seaside village of Baliwasan.
Lajid and Sali’s escort Barad Nuruddin were
killed in the attack which was reportedly perpetrated by four gunmen.
Police recovered from the scene several bullet
shells fired from .45-caliber pistols, but the identities of the attackers and
the motive of the shooting remain unknown. After the attack, the gunmen escaped
in the labyrinth neighborhood leading to the seashore.
It was unknown whether the twin attacks were
political in nature, but the shooting came ahead of the local and national
elections next year.
Sali and Lajid and their escort just arrived
in the village by boat when the gunmen attacked the group. No individual or
group claimed responsibility for the attacks. (Mindanao Examiner)
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