Saturday, September 04, 2010

MILF leader's brother killed in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Sept. 4, 2010) - An unidentified assassin killed a brother of a senior Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader in an attack in the troubled city of Cotabato in the southern Philippines, police said on Saturday.

Police said gunman fatally shot Nasser Kabalu in the village of Bagwa late Friday. The victim's brother Eid Kabalu is a leader of the MILF and the group's former spokesman.

The motive of the attack is still unknown, but police said it has began an investigation into the murder. The victim, police said, was walking on his way home when the gunman tailed and shot him at close range.

The attacker, whom police initially identified as Abu, escaped after the shooting. (Mindanao Examiner)

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