(UPDATE 4) 7 dead after North Cotabato jail attack

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- The manhunt against escapees of North Cotabato District Jail has left five inmates dead and a village councilman, raising the death toll to seven jail officials said.Supt. Peter John Bongngat, jail warden, said five of the inmates were found dead in the forested area at the rear of the jail facility.At a news conference, Bongngat said a village councilman in Matalam, North Cotabato was also killed after he transported two escapees. His two companions in a motorbike fled.But the wife of Satar Manalundong told DXND Radyo Bida her husband was not harboring the escapees but was actually helping.Supt. Emmanuel Peralta, North Cotabato police director, said manhunt continues and appealed to residents near the jail facility to help bring the escapees back to jail.Supt. Romeo Galgo Jr, speaking for PRO-12, identified the killed inmates as Allan Jay |Fabro Tolentino, Joey Regneer Aranas, Rapacon Dimaluan Ambolodto, Edfel Bautista Liscano, Adonis Ray Ferrafen.Jail Officer 1 Excell Rey Vicedo, one of the jail guards on duty, was killed by the attackers, led by Esmael Nasser alias Commander Derbi who was once an inmate, thus he was familiar with the facility.