[Philippines] Violence against civilians: Attack
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AI Brief
On 13 April 2025, a former vice mayor, also a candidate running for provincial board member in the upcoming May 2025 elections, and his driver were shot and wounded by unidentified assailants in Barangay Brar (Datu Anggal Midtimbang, Maguindanao del Sur, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao). The former vice mayor is also a member of an unidentified clan. When they were attacked, the driver managed to drive them to a police outpost, where a brief exchange of gunfire occurred between the police and the assailants in response to the ambush before the assailants fled. The former vice mayor believed the motive for the attack was linked to his decision to join the party of the governor of Maguindanao del Sur, Nacionalista Party.
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Occurred
- 2025-04-13
- Country
- Philippines
- Event type
- violence
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