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A STILL unidentified armed group ambushed a three-vehicle convoy bringing four alleged members of the Maute Group in Pantar, Lanao del Norte over the weekend.

The arrested suspects were killed in the exchange of fire between the police and the armed men, said Supt. Lemuel Gonda, Camp Alagar spokesperson.

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Gonda said one police officer identified as William Santos was wounded in the attack.

The convoy was on its way to Cagayan de Oro City when ambushed, Gonda said.

The four slain suspects were among those arrested with Ominta Romato Maute a.k.a. Farhana, mother of Maute Group leaders Omar and Abdullah Maute. Three days before the matriarch’s arrest in Masiu, Lanao del Sur, her husband Camayora was arrested in a checkpoint in Davao City on June 6.  (Froilan Gallardo of Mindanews)

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