3 slain in shootout with government forces in Cotabato town

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MIDSAYAP, Cotabato — Three gunmen were killed after allegedly engaging in a shootout with government forces who were about to search the house of their ring leader in Midsayap town, Cotabato province.

The search on Saturday, Jan. 30, in the house of Tony Mamintal Doloan in the village of Kapinpilan was sanctioned by an order from a court in Sultan Kudarat town, said Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy, commander of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division.

Uy added that a combined force from the Army’s 34th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency and Midsayap municipal police were approaching the house of Doloan at around 5 a.m. when they were met with gunfire from automatic rifles.

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