{"id":18455,"date":"2026-01-26T01:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=18455"},"modified":"2026-01-26T01:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:13:12","slug":"maguindanao-sur-mayor-survives-ambush-3-suspects-killed-in-gunfight-with-responding-cops-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2026\/01\/26\/maguindanao-sur-mayor-survives-ambush-3-suspects-killed-in-gunfight-with-responding-cops-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGUINDANAO SUR MAYOR SURVIVES AMBUSH, 3 SUSPECTS KILLED IN GUNFIGHT WITH RESPONDING COPS, SOLDIERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SHARIFF Aguak, Maguindanao Mayor <\/strong><strong>Akmad Ampatuan on Sunday survived an ambush that left two of his security escorts wounded and the ambushers dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ampatuan was in his bulletproof black sports utility vehicle when attacked around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday in Bgy. Poblacion in Shariff Aguak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>His backup vehicle, a pickup, was also hit by bullets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Two of the mayor\u2019s security escorts were wounded and are being \u00a0treated at the Bangsamoro Regional and Medical Center in Datu Hoffer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The gunmen, who were in a minivan, fled after the gun attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Responding police and soldiers and volunteer community watchmen pursued the ambushers and cornered them in <\/strong><strong>Bgy. Meta in nearby Datu Unsay, Maguindanao del Sur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The suspects resisted and opened fire at the authorities which resulted in a gunfight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The exchange of gunfire led to the death of the three suspects.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ampatuan has survived two attempts against his life in the last five years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>An investigation is ongoing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHARIFF Aguak, Maguindanao Mayor Akmad Ampatuan on Sunday survived an ambush that left two of his security escorts wounded and the ambushers dead. Ampatuan was<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18457,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18455\/revisions\/18457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}