By Nora Soriño
Iligan City Bureau Chief,
and Nene Lachica
Correspondent .
Iligan City — The group behind the ambush of Pantao Ragat municipal mayor Muhammad Lacson Lantud has been identified. This is according to a report from the Special Investigations Task Force Pantao Ragat.
Lanao Norte Provincial Police Office Director Senior Supt. Leopoldo Cabanag said a big clan has been pointed out by Lantud as the ones behind the ambush.
To recall, the mayor survived the ambush on Sunday morning. Four of his companions though were killed while three had undergone treatment at a hospital in this city.
At least 10 people sprayed Lantud’s vehicle with automatic gun fire while the victims were on the way to Sitio Piagma Lapresa, Barangay Cabasagan to supervise a water system project there.
Two of the victims hit died instantly while two died upon reaching the hospital, one in Baloi Provincial Hospital and another, in a private hospital in this city. Lantud himself, who was driving the vehicle, a pick up truck was spared as the suspects were firing from the right side while the mayor was on the left side.
The investigators did not identify the clan.
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