MANILA, Philippines - Four persons, including three teenage students, were killed while two others were critically wounded when unidentified men clad in fatigue uniforms opened fire at a boarding house owned by a militiaman in Cotabato City early yesterday morning.
Military and police reports identified the slain students as Abubakar Mokamad Sangcad, 17; Toto Abdul Salim, 16; and Johanie Andis Edon, 17.
The fourth fatality was fisherman Toktok Taya Pino, 20, a neighbor.
Rushed to the hospital in critical condition were Mucraben Zacaria Abdul, 15, who was shot in the head, and Dalga Datumanong, 14, who was hit by stray bullets.
Reports said the victims were sound asleep when the attackers armed with M-16 and M-14 rifles came looking for militiaman Eddie Sabalsa, owner of the boarding house, at around 1:45 a.m.
Shouting at the top of their voices, the armed men then simultaneously opened fire at the boarding house. - By Jaime Laude
