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Gunmen open fire at ex Maguindanao town mayor’s home; no one hurt

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Unidentified men opened fire at the house of Jong Mangudadatu, the former mayor of Buluan town early Friday morning. Handout" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/04/02/20220402-maguindanao.jpg"/><figcaption>Unidentified men opened fire at the house of Jong Mangudadatu, the former mayor of Buluan town early Friday morning. <em>Handout</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Unidentified armed men opened fire at the house of Jong Mangudadatu, the former mayor of Buluan town, Maguindanao, early Friday morning.</p><p>Maguindanao PNP spokesperson Police Capt. Fhaeyd Cana, said no one was hurt in the incident, which happened at 1:30 a.m. in Barangay Poblacion.</p><p>Mangudadatu is the older brother of incumbent Maguindanao Second District Rep. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu, who is running for governor.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/23/21/justice-for-58th-victim-of-maguindanao-massacre-sought">Maguindanao massacre: Daughter of &#x27;missing&#x27; 58th victim vows to continue seeking justice</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/08/26/21/sharifa-akeel-maguindanao-rep-mangudadatu-wed">Beauty queen Sharifa Akeel, Maguindanao rep Toto Mangudadatu wed</a></li></ul><p>On March 30, an M61 fragmentation grenade was found at 11:10 a.m. at the back gate of Buluan mayoral candidate Jessieden Ali Martinez’s house along Rose Street, Barangay Poblacion.</p><p>Cana, who said a concerned citizen reported the incident to police, added that investigators found the grenade covered with a brown towel.</p><p>He said the PNP suspected the two incidents as election-related, pending the result of the validation committee at the provincial and regional levels.</p><p>“We are considering it as separate incidents, hindi po natin mai-relate as of now,” Cana said.</p><div><strong>– With a report by Lerio Bompat</strong></div>

Maguindanao PNP spokesperson Police Capt. Fhaeyd Cana, said no one was hurt in the incident, which happened in Buluan town early Friday morning.