Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Cop killed in Maguindanao
A POLICEMAN in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) was gunned down in a public market in Parang, Maguindanao Province last Easter Sunday.
Police identified the slain cop as Rex Mamadra, a member of the Regional Mobile Group in Armm. He was assigned in Marawi City.
Based on initial investigation, Mamadra was on his way to pay his girlfriend a visit in Poblacion, Parang, Maguindanao Pronvince.
The victim passed by the public market to buy fish when shot by a lone gunman with a .45 caliber handgun. Mamadra died on the spot and the assailant took his .9 mm handgun.
Police are eyeing personal grudge as the motive for the killing, but are not discounting the possibility that it was the handiwork of the New People's Army. (RCO/GF)
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