PNP: 13 dead, several wounded in 5-hour gun battle between gov’t troops, former barangay chair and his group in Sultan Kudarat

(Eagle News) — Thirteen people died and several were wounded in a shootout between government troops and a former barangay chair wanted for a string of criminal cases and his followers in Maguindanao early Saturday, the Philippine National Police said. A PNP statement said of the fatalities in the 5-hour gun battle in Sultan Kudarat around 3 a.m., one was a Special Action Force trooper–Police Staff Sergeant Elenel Pido–who was in the group composed of […]