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Date: 09 February 2010
Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/02092010/metro4.html

AN independent candidate for city councilor in Cotabato City was killed and his two children slightly hurt after three armed men commandeered their pickup at Rosary Heights 11 district Monday morning.

A report to Camp Crame identified the fatality as businessman Joseph Khalipsar Kuan, 39, resident of Manara street, Cotabato City.

Kuan was with his daughters aged 14 and six on board their Nissan pickup (LDW-543) when the armed men flagged them down and commandeered their vehicle at around 7 am. Witnesses said they heard a gunshot from inside the pickup after a few minutes as Kuan reportedly tried to fight off the suspects. Kuan’s children were abandoned by the suspects who escaped on a motorcycle.

No clear motive has yet been established for the incident.

Meanwhile, a Yemeni educational organization worker kidnapped in Marawi City late last month was released yesterday in Talakag, Bukidnon following negotiations by a local crisis management committee with his abductors.

Senior Supt. Bienvenido Latag, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao police chief, said Najid Al-Udaini was freed at around 11:30 am Monday. Al-Udaini is a member of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth. His organization has built mosques and schools in Muslim communities in Mindanao.

Police have yet to identify the group which kidnapped Al-Udaini who was turned over to a group of local officials in Bukidnon. – Raymond Africa