2 dead in North Cotabato gun attack

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Two villagers were killed in a gun attack in Pikit, North Cotabato on Friday.

Police identified the fatalities as siblings Jamil and Nurisky Guiamalon.

Five other members of the Guiamalon family – Raul, Yussef and three children aged 10, seven and three – were wounded and remain confined in a hospital.

The victims were watching television at their house in Barangay Inug-ug when unidentified men entered and opened fire.

Probers have yet to determine the motive for the attack.