MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (PNA) – Police launched a manhunt against two gunmen who shot dead a commander of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Barangay Bual Sur here on Sunday night, Oct. 23.
Lt. Col. Rolly Oranza, town police chief, identified the victim as Datu Jordan Tayuan, 59, of Barangay Bual Sur.
“He was watching TV when the gunmen barged inside his house at 6 p.m. and opened fire,” Oranza said in a radio interview on Monday, Oct. 24.
Tayuan died on the spot due to bullet wounds in the head and body.
Police found empty shells for a .45 caliber pistol in the crime scene.
Oranza said the perpetrators fled on board a black minivan toward the borders of Maguindanao and North Cotabato.
Police theorized the attack's motive could be a personal grudge or “rido” (family feud) involving Tayuan and another family.