2 village execs killed, 2 hurt in gun attack in Zamboanga City
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Two village officials were killed and two others were wounded in a shooting incident at Labuan Road, Barangay San Jose Gusu, here on Sunday evening amid the prevailing gun ban for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October.
The fatalities—Jul-Asmad Mawajil Anjawang, 56, village chair of Barangay Pamansaan of Mabuhay town in Zamboanga Sibugay province, and Jamar Anjawang Mawajil, 50, a former village councilman of Pamansaan—and eight others had just attended a wedding in Barangay Sinunuc of this city and had a stopover at a gas station in San Jose Gusu when they were attacked, said Police Col. Alexander Lorenzo, the city police director.
Two others, Ibrahim Habibula Nasta and Haibir Habibula Nasta, were wounded but now out of danger. Haibir is running for councilman of Pamansaan, said Lorenzo.
Lorenzo confirmed that one of the suspects, Police Staff Sgt. Brazir Aming Hamid, a member of the Zamboanga City Police Office traffic enforcement unit, was arrested at 1 a.m. on Monday along Comet Street, Barangay Tumaga, here, 7 kilometers from San Jose Gusu.
Abdurajak Anjawang, one of the survivors and son of Jul-Asmad, pointed to Hamid as one of the killers. He told police that Hamid is their relative who has a feud with his family over land ownership.
