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1 killed as supporters of LP, UNA mayoralty bets clash in Guindulungan

An armored Personnel Carriers (APC) moves closer to the gates of Tambunan Central Elementary School in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao after a supporter of a mayoralty candidate was shot dead about half an hour after polls opened at 6 a.m. on Monday. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao  — A

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May 10, 2016

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An armored Personnel Carriers (APC) moves closer to the gates of Tambunan Central Elementary School in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao after a supporter of a mayoralty candidate was shot dead about half an hour after polls opened at 6 a.m. on Monday. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO
An armored Personnel Carriers (APC) moves closer to the gates of Tambunan Central Elementary School in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao after a supporter of a mayoralty candidate was shot dead about half an hour after polls opened at 6 a.m. on Monday. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews

GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao  — A resident of a neighboring town was shot dead as supporters of rival mayoralty bets of the Liberal Party (LP) and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) clashed inside the compound of the Tambunan Central Elementary School at around 6:20 a.m., barely half an hour after polls opened at 6 a.m.

Police identified the victim as Uray Anta Usop, 20, a resident of neighboring Talayan town. He was hit on the left eye by what Guindulungnan police chief Sr. Insp. Zukarno Kunakon and Army Capt. Alan Gesulta of the 14th Mechanized Company said was “sniper fire.”

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