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Town councilor hurt, aide killed in Maguindanao del Sur ambush
An aide was killed and two municipal councilors were injured in an ambush in Mamasapano town, Maguindanao del Sur, on Thursday afternoon.
The victims, Samsudin Manib, an aide, and councilors Montasir Dimalido and Abdulmanap Biang, were traveling from Cotabato City in a Toyota Innova when unidentified assailants opened fire.
Manib sustained a fatal bullet wound to the upper torso, while Dimalido was hit in the butt.
Biang was unharmed in the attack.
The injured councilors are recovering in a hospital under tight security.
Authorities, with military support, are conducting a follow-up operation, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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