Prosecutor wounded in ambush

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:46:00 +0000

COTABATO CITY – A prosecutor in Maguindanao and two companions believed to be security escorts were wounded in an ambush Friday in this city, the latest in a spate of ambushcades victimizing personalities serving the province.

Tucod Ronda, deputy provincial prosecutor of Maguindanao, sustained minor wounds but his two unnamed companions were battling for their lives in a hospital.

Ronda, alongside his companions, had just left his house here aboard a Toyota Grandia van when at least three men fired at his vehicle with .45 cal. pistols and M-16 assault rifles at the corner of Kalaw St. in Ferderville Subdivision in Barangay Rosary Heights 11 at around 1:45 p.m.

The armed men tried to open Ronda’s van to finish off all occupants but were forced to flee aboard a white Toyota Innova wagon when a policeman-neighbor fired warning shots, Police
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