COTABATO CITY - Three people were killed and another was wounded when gunmen opened fire on civilians outside a polling precinct on Monday in the town of Buluan in the restive province of Maguindanao.
The strafing occurred outside the Pilot Elementary School where four members of the local peacekeeping team were guarding. The gunmen escaped in a van after the shooting, according to a report by the 16th Military Intelligence Company.
Soldiers and policemen, backed by two armoured personnel carriers, rushed to the area, but failed to catch up with the attackers. It was unclear how the van managed to pass through security checkpoints around the town.
The province is a stronghold of the former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front which fielded its own candidates. (Mindanao Examiner)
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