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The bold daytime assassination is a blow to the vulnerable administrative foundations of Kadayangan, a town still struggling to establish institutional stability
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot dead a 37-year-old councilor from the newly formed town of Kadayangan in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Special Geographic Area (SGA) on Thursday, July 16, the first day of the election gun ban.
Councilor Nasser Alipolo Dalandang was declared dead on arrival at a local hospital after the attack along the national highway in Barangay Salunayan at around 3 pm on Thursday.
The attack took place on the very first day of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban enforced across the region ahead of the high-stakes September 14 BARMM parliamentary elections.
