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Mortar attack at Ampatuan mayor's house injures two


At least two people were reported injured following a mortar attack on the house of a town mayor in Maguindanao province on Sunday night. Unidentified men also strafed the house of Ampatuan town Mayor Datu Zacaria Sangki — one of the witnesses who testified in the Maguindanao massacre — after the mortar attack, radio dzXL reported. Explosions rocked the mayor’s house at about 7 p.m. on Sunday, Maguindanao police provincial director Senior Superintendent Alex Lineses. He did not immediately name the two people injured in the incident. Earlier in the day, an improvised explosive device (IED) was found near a gasoline station owned by the mayor. - RJAB Jr., GMANews.TV