MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato —A village official escaped unhurt when unidentified gunmen fired a grenade towards his home in Barangay Kapinpilan here Thursday night.
Supt. Bernard Tayong, North Cotabato police spokesperson, said Kapinpilan village chairperson Toto Kunakon escaped unhurt when the grenade projectile landed inside his residential compound at 6 p.m.
Citing report from Midsayap municipal police office, Tayong said a student of the Dilangalen National High School was slightly injured in the incident. The police official was unable to disclose the identity of the student, who is a minor.
“The grenade projectile was fired from nowhere and Kunakon has no idea who did it,” Tayong said. During the investigation, he said Kunakon believed politics was behind the grenade attack.
Shortly after the village election last May, one of the elected village councilman in the area was murdered.
Police have yet to establish leads as to the identities of those behind the grenade attack on Kunakon’s house. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
