Ex-Maguindanao mayor, brother killed in police opshome/News/Top Stories/Ex-Maguindanao mayor, brother killed in police opsZAMBOANGA CITY: A former town mayor accused by President Rodrigo Duterte of being a drug lord was killed along with his brother in separate anti-narcotics operations in Cotabato City on Friday. Talib Abo Sr., who served as mayor of Parang town, was slain in a firefight at his home, while Disumimba Abo, a town councilor of Parang, was also killed in Cotabato City, according to police. One of them, Albuera, Leyte, town mayor Rolando Espinosa, was slain by policemen while inside his detention cell. The younger Abo was killed in another shootout with the lawmen at his residence in Barangay Bagua Mother, also in the city. Rolly Octavio, Cotabato City police director, said the former mayor initiated the gunfight at around 1 a.m.

Source: Manila Times January 04, 2019 17:03 UTC