Police are still investigating the incident.
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday there are persons of interest being linked in the ambush of convoy of Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong, Jr. that left four people dead while the governor and an aide injured.
According to PNP spokesperson Jean Fajardo, the police are currently collating the statements of witnesses of the ambush, including those of surviving victims.
“May mga indibidwal na tayong tinututukan diyan at kinukuhanan na lang natin ng statement yung mga witnesses natin diyan kasama na yung ating victim survivors para makapagsampa tayo ng kaso,” she said in an interview over ABS CBN TeleRadyo.
“May mga pangalan pa sila na nakukuha base na rin sa mga witness pero this is subject to validation,” Fajardo added.
Fajardo did not give any identification of the persons of interest they have identified.
She, however, said that the police already have good leads in the case.
“Maganda ‘yung mga lead na tinutukan ng ating Police Regional Office BARMM diyan. Inaasahan na magkakaroon ng linaw itong kaso na ito,” she said.
Adiong was ambushed by unidentified gunmen in Maguing town, Lanao del Sur, last Friday.
Four of his aides, all relatives, were killed while the governor and another staff were injured and rushed to the Bukidnon Provincial Hospital in Kalilangan town for treatment.
The governor was later transferred to a hospital in Cagayan de Oro City.
Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Adiong, earlier said the governor is already safe from harm.
Fajardo said that according to the family of Adiong, the governor did not receive any death threat prior to the incident.
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