BARMM town councilor shot dead on first day of election gun ban

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COTABATO CITY — An unidentified gunman shot dead a councilor of Kadayangan town in the Special Geographic Area of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The incident happened in Midsayap, Cotabato, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, the first day of the gun ban imposed in relation to the Sept. 14 BARMM parliamentary elections.

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The Midsayap Municipal Police Station identified the victim as Kadayangan Councilor Nasser A. Dalandang, 37.

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Dalandang was behind the wheel of his Toyota Hilux while waiting for his wife, who was buying medicine at a roadside drugstore along the national highway in Barangay Salunayan, Midsayap.

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Two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle arrived, shot Dalandang at close range, and sped away, police investigators said.

Responding soldiers rushed the victim to the hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.

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Scene of the Crime Operatives recovered empty .45-caliber pistol shells.

Police are still determining the motive behind the attack and the identities of the perpetrators.

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Midsayap is not part of BARMM but is adjacent to the town of Kadayangan. /mcm

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