Man shot dead in Maguindanao Norte amid BARMM election gun ban

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A man named John Salik, 49, was shot dead in Maguindanao del Norte during what is supposed to be a period of heightened security ahead of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections on September 14. The incident occurred in Sitio Tuka, Barangay Taviran, Datu Odin Sinsuat town, where Salik was riding his motorbike when he was attacked by individuals on another motorbike. He died immediately from the attack. Local police, led by Lt. Col. Brian Balite of the Datu Odin Sinsuat municipal police station, have initiated a manhunt for the suspects. Police recovered four empty shells from an unidentified firearm at the scene.

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