COTABATO CITY — Gunmen killed two Moro farmers in an ambush in Datu Paglas town in Maguindanao del Sur on Monday.

The fatalities, Kamaro G. Balulao and Kasan M. Sulayman, were riding a motorcycle together and were about to pull over to buy something from a store along a highway in Datu Paglas when they were shot with pistols by men positioned along the route, killing them both on the spot.

Brig. Gen. Romeo J. Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said on Tuesday that the victims were on their way to Lutayan town in Sultan Kudarat when they were attacked by gunmen who had immediately escaped before responding volunteer community watchmen and barangay officials could reach the crime scene.

Mr. Macapaz said investigators in the Datu Paglas Municipal Police Station and local officials are cooperating in identifying the killers for prosecution. — John Felix M. Unson

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