COTABATO CITY – Two suspects were arrested following a shooting incident that killed a businessman in Marawi City Tuesday morning, followung a heated argument over ownership of a parcel of land.
Capt. Steffi Salanguit, Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, spokesperson, identified the victim as Daud Ayo Ali, a resident of Barangay Gadongan.
His companion, Ali Ansary, of the same village, escaped unharmed.
“A long-standing land dispute led to a shooting incident involving four men in the premises of Haifa Palace, a function hall and events venue, in Barangay Gadongan, Marawi City, at about 10 a.m.,” Salanguit reported.
She said responding police arrested Yahyah Tomawis, also a businessman of the same village, and his companion Jalil Hadji Malic, of Tagoloan, Lanao del Sur.
Ali was shot as he was about to leave in his black pickup truck. (Edwin Fernandez/PNA)
