Militiaman killed, 3 companions hurt in Maguindanao ambush

DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao — A member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit was killed while three others were badly hurt in an ambush here at noontime Friday.

The fatality, Thong Kaul, died on the spot from multiple bullet wounds.

Probers from the Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipal Police Station identified Kaul’s wounded companions as Salindatu Mangulamas, Mohammad Mama and Ali Arsad, also CAFGU members.

They were together in a car that men positioned along the highway in Barangay Makir here shot with assault rifles.

The driver of their silver Toyota Corolla car lost control of the wheel and hit the steel bucket of a payloader spreading gravel at one side of the thoroughfare.

Police investigators are still trying to identify the culprits and their motive for the attack.