COTABATO CITY: Several hundreds of aggrieved villagers displaced by last Saturday’s harassment by armed supporters of defeated candidates of a seaside barangay in the town of Datu Blah Sinsuat, Maguindanao province, have asked the Philippine Marine Corps for the immediate posting of a detachment in the area to defuse the brewing tension and to prevent a repeat of the incident.
Gunmen fired upon at houses and beat the 18-year-old son of a village leader, Norodin Solaiman, who campaigned for reelected Mayor Marcial Sinsuat of Datu Blah Sinsuat.
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