Okaz/Saudi Gazette
MANILA — A Saudi citizen was killed and his Filipina spouse wounded significantly in an ambush within the metropolis of Shariff Aguak within the Philippines on Tuesday.
Police authorities are monitoring down two gunmen, driving tandem on a motorcycle, who ambushed and killed the Saudi nationwide Sulaiman Jamal and injured his spouse Bainot. The couple have been collectively in a white Ford pick-up truck after they have been attacked by the gunmen at a busy stretch of a freeway in Shariff Aguak, the capital of Maguindanao del Sur province.
In an announcement issued on Wednesday, Shariff Aguak Mayor Datu Akmad Mitra Ampatuan condemned the ambush and directed the police to establish, arrest, and prosecute the perpetrators. Maj. Haron Macabanding, city police chief, recognized the slain foreigner as Saudi Solaiman Jamal, 50, and his injured spouse as Bainot Jamal, 45, each residents of Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, the Philippine Information Company reported.
Macabanding mentioned Jamal, who was driving his pickup truck was killed on the spot whereas his spouse sustained gunshot wounds within the physique in the course of the 6 p.m. assault. The spouse’s unidentified brother who was seated within the again seat was unhurt and rushed his injured sister to the Maguindanao provincial hospital aboard a tricycle.
The couple had simply visited a farm lot they lately bought in neighboring Barangay Labu-Labu, Datu Hofer city, and have been heading for residence by way of this city when ambushed by the gunmen. It was revealed in preliminary investigation that the gunmen have been seen tailing the pick-up truck and executed the ambush.
Macabanding mentioned the motive of the assault and the identities of the perpetrators remained unknown. He provided a reward to anybody who may help the police with data that results in figuring out the assailants.