Police are investigating the ambush killing of a Commission on Elections (Comelec) officer, Bai Maceda Lidasan, and her husband, Joejo Abo, in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, with a political motive suspected.
Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, PRO-BAR director, stated that there are indications the murder is work-related and that election officer Lidasan was the primary target.
Authorities have identified more than four "persons of interest" in connection with the incident, but their identities are being withheld as efforts are underway to locate them.
The couple was ambushed while traveling in a Toyota Fortuner on the Cotabato-Isulan Highway in Barangay Makir.
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