A candidate for barangay chairman was killed by his own brother, who is also running for the same post, in Butig, Lanao del Sur on Monday morning, October 30, 2023.
As the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) marred parts of Mindanao with bloodshed, candidates and supporters alike fell victim to the violence. In one incident, a candidate for barangay captain was killed by his own brother, who is also running for the same post. In another incident, two persons were killed, while four others were wounded in a shooting incident. Tensions ran high and voting was disrupted in several areas as a result of the violence.
The police on Friday filed criminal cases against three from the group behind the February 17 ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. that left him wounded and four of his companions dead.
WOUNDED. A police officer watches over one of two students hurt during a shooting incident that transpired inside the compound of the Mindanao State University in Marawi City on Thursday (Dec. 2, 2021). An off-duty cop who first responded to the scene engaged the shooters in a brief shootout that also resulted in the wounding of one of the three attackers. (Photo courtesy of Marawi CPO) CAMP S.K. PENDATUN, Maguindanao - Police authorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Friday lauded an off-duty police officer who quickly responded to a shooting incident inside a state university campus in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Brig. Gen. Eden Ugale, BARMM Police director, said the timely response of an off-duty police officer saved the lives of three students during the incident on Thursday morning. Ugale, who is based here at the headquarters of the Police Regional Office - BARMM in Barangay Making in Parang town, also condemned the atrocities perpetrated by th