COTABATO CITY, May 11 -- Two were killed, including a candidate for the municipal council, while eight were disarmed and arrested following a police operation in Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur, on Saturday.

Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, identified in his report Sunday the slain poll candidate Emran Mamalinta, 40, who was running for a Sangguniang Bayan seat in Pandag.

Arrested were Jhopit Sarabon Gampong, Mohamad Macapeges Andil, Samer Macapeges Andil, and Usop Gampong Mamidted, all members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team; and Keji Mamalinta Esmail, Embran Laguialam Salandangan, Rahim Esmail Mamalinta, and Abdulrahman Tumba Mamalinta, all of Pandag town.

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