Updated January 23, 2021 1:43pm
Thirteen people were killed and four others wounded on Saturday in an armed clash that erupted when police elements serving an arrest warrant were met with resistance from the subject and his group in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao.
In a report, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (CIDG-BARMM) said 13 individuals and four others were wounded in the gun battle that ensued when police authorities served a warrant for the arrest of Barangay Limbo Chairman Pendatun Kato Talusan of Sultan Kudarat at about 3 a.m.
But Talusan and his brothers resisted arrest resulting in the armed clash that lasted about six hours.