A gunman dead a policeman man in a daring attack in Barangay Tunggol in Datu Montawal, Maguindanao del Sur on Monday morning, May 26.
Officials of the Datu Montawal Municipal Police Station and local executives separately confirmed to reporters that Patrolman Jomar Madaliday Kalantungan died instantly from bullet wounds sustained in the attack.
Capt. Datumasla Mangalangkat of the Datu Montawal Municipal Police Station had told reporters that Kalantungan was in a roadside bakery in Barangay Tunggol when a man approached him, pulled out a pistol and opened fire.
The suspect immediately escaped amid the commotion triggered by the gunshots that reverberated through the scene.
Kaluntungan resides in nearby Barangay Kayaga ni Kabacan town in Cotabato province, less than 10 kilometers north of Barangay Tunggol, where he was killed.
Police probers and intelligence agents of Army units in Datu Montawal and nearby towns are certain that the assailant of Kalantungan is not a resident of the municipality, possibly hired to kill him. (JFU, May 26, 2025)