While praying, 15-year-old boy killed by stray bullet in Marawi City
BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES • 01:08 AM Sat Jun 10, 2017
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By:
Ferdinandh Carbera
The boy was with his family inside the Mosque when a bullet from cal. 50 sniper rifle hit him in the head. (Photos by Ferdinandh Cabrera)
MARAWI CITY – While performing the Friday noontime prayer inside a Mosque in this war-torn city, a 15-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a stray bullet from
cal. 50 sniper's rifle at about noon today.The victim, Abdillah
Dimang-Ampong Masid, is a 6th grader of Datu Saber Elementary School
in the city. He was buried at 3 p.m.
today.
His parents
told reporters they were performing the Friday noontime prayer when a bullet
hit him in his left ear. He died on the
spot.
A lone bullet from a
sniper’s cal. 50 hit the boy. It pierced
through a concrete wall of the Mosque.The military said it is investigating the incident and took custody of the cal. 50 slug for ballistic examination. Image may contain 2 people people standing sand//scontent.fmnl9-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18920453_10213087301445058_1368542874469004586_n.jpg?oh=9967839a5589cfa06e5f0f0ddede8774andampoe=59DBFF97 sand//scontent.fmnl9-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/19022203_10213087912060323_1541900885_n.jpg?oh=032ab60e0a8eb53cebb1db8c9d64ba84andampoe=593D1E9B