AUTHORITIES have arrested one of the suspects in the 2022 murder of a police lieutenant in Sultan Kudarat and, at the same time, foiled the suspect s attempt to execute another police officer on Monday, August 7, in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur.
JUSTICE SERVED. The remains of slain Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur police chief Lt. Reynaldo Samson arrive at the Philippine Airlines cargo terminal 2 in Pasay City on Sept. 1, 2022. Samson, who hailed from Muntinlupa City, and another police officer were bothkilled in an ambush in August 2022 and given justice when their suspected killer was gunned down while resisting arrest on Saturday (Feb. 18, 2023). (Photo by Avito C. Dalan) MANILA - The suspect in the ambush-slay of the police chief of Ampatuan town in Maguindanao del Sur province and his driver was killed in an operation on Saturday morning. Abdulkarim Hasim (alias Boy Jacket) was killed at 6:30 a.m. in Purok Yellow Bell, Barangay New Isabela, Tacurong City, according to a statement by Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. on Sunday. Hasim was identified as the main perpetrator in the slay of Ampatuan police chief Lt. Reynaldo Samson and his driver, Cpl. Salipuden Endad, in Barangay Kapinpilan in August 2022.