COTABATO CITY --- A former member of the Abu Sayyaf shot dead two villagers and a soldier in a shooting rampage Tuesday in Sumisip town in Basilan.
Brig. Gen. John Guguyon, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, told reporters here that the suspect, Nuri Jaari Ismael, was also shot dead by responding policemen and soldiers.
Guyguyon said Ismael first grabbed the M16 rifle of a member of the Army’s 64th Infantry Battalion, a corporal, and repeatedly shot him in the chest, causing his instant death.