Mindanaotoday.com | Gov’t nurse survives, father dies in Maguindanao ambush
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao – A government nurse has survived, but his father died in a Tuesday evening ambush in Barangay Ungap here.
In a report released Wednesday, Lt. Col. Julhamin Asdani, municipal police chief, said Gani Singkang, 50, died on the spot, and his son Abdulrasheed, 31, a male nurse at the government-run Cotabato Sanitarium Hospital, was critically injured.
Both are residents of Barangay Gang in this town.
Asdani said the victims were in a sedan driven by the older Singkang with his son sitting in the front seat when attacked at 6:20 p.m.
“They were heading from home from the Cotabato Sanitarium when attacked,” he said.
Residents rushed Abdulrasheed to the sanitarium situated about 500 meters away while the father died on the spot.
Responding cops found empty shells for a .45-caliber pistol at the scene.
Asdani said an investigation is ongoing as to the motive of the attack. (PNA)
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