By Hirohito D. Cadion
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 20 (PNA)
– Military forces have augmented the police in tracking down the suspects
behind Monday’s ambush slay of a prosecutor in Marawi city.
Army’s 1st Infantry Brigade Public Affairs
officer-in-charge Captain Franco Suelto said that the 103rd Infantry Brigade
has provided augmentation forces as the police continue its manhunt operation
against the suspects.
The 103rd Infantry Brigade headed by Col. Glenn
Macasero is based in Marawi City.
However, both the police and military
authorities based in Marawi City did not release any identities of the suspects
as the manhunt operations continue.
Assistant City Prosecutor Zaipal Alawi, Sr.,
64, was killed in an ambush around 11:45 a.m. Monday at the intersection of
Sarimanok in Barangay Marawi, Marawi City.
His driver, Saiben Baiza, 46, was wounded.
The victims were aboard a
car on their way home when ambushed by two gunmen. (PNA)
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