Camp Siongco, Maguindanao—Military and police units have been mobilized to hunt down two men who hurled grenades—one at the house of Mayor Ramon Abalos of Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat and another at the compound of the local police office on Saturday.
Lambayong Councilor Carlos Abalos and his cousin, Richard Abalos, town public supervisor, sustained minor injuries following the grenade attack inside the residential compound of the mayor.
The victims were immediately brought to a hospital in Tacurong City.
Minutes after the explosion at the mayor’s home in Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Poblacion, the same motorcycle-riding suspects tossed another hand grenade at the compound of the Lambayong municipal police office.
Nobody was hurt in the attack.
Mayor Abalos believes the grenade attack may have been related to his campaign against illegal drugs in his town.
Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division, and Chief Supt. Marcelo Morales, police director for Region 12, said they have already directed their respective field units to help hunt down the suspects who could be members of the outlawed Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.
Lambayong town is adjacent to Maguindanao province where the BIFF operates.