Datu Piang mayor convenes council to contain killings
Breaking News • 14:56 PM Fri Sep 5, 2014
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By:
Chin-Chin Haw Tay, DXMS Radyo Bida-Cotabato
DATU PIANG, Maguindanao
(Sept. 5/NDBC) –- Alarmed by the rash of killings in his town, Mayor Genuine
Kamaong convened the municipal peace and order council to stop violence in this
conflict ridden community, officials said today.
We need to
put a stop to this, everybody should cooperate to make our town peaceful,”
Kamaong said after the meeting.
Without
revealing in details the strategy his town is working on, Kamaong appealed to
all residents of Datu Piang locked in misunderstanding not to use violence in
settling conflict.
On Monday
night, Haron Datuhan, 35, of Barangay Liong, Datu Piang, was shot dead by still
unidentified gunmen for still unknown reason.
He died on the spot.
Police
recovered two empty shells for cal. 45 pistol in the crime scene.
Hours later,
on Tuesday morning, unidentified gunman shot dead a 15-year-old high school
student. Datu Kasim, 2nd year
high school student and resident of Barangay Liong.
Kasim who was
riding on a pedicab was shot at close range at 11 a.m. Daer Domato, 9, was hit by stray bullets.
Police are
still determining whether the twin murders are related. (NDBC)