ILIGAN CITY—Policemen and soldiers continued the search for two wild boar hunters who were reported missing by their companions in the town of Madalum, Lanao del Sur province and believed to have been taken by Islamic State followers.
Maj. Jolly Sabtal, Madalum police chief, said the missing men were among six hunters from the town of Bacolod, Lanao del Norte province.
Sabtal said two of the hunters had been killed in an explosion—Francis Alcaba, 32, and Lito Angcop, 22.
Capt. Regie Bonn Pagaduan, Bacolod police chief, said the bodies of Alcaba and Angcap were brought to the town and buried last Tuesday, Dec. 15.
A police report obtained by the Inquirer revealed that the …
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