Manila, April 14 -- Police in Maguindanao del Sur are searching for four suspects who ambushed and injured a local political candidate and his driver Sunday afternoon in Datu Anggal Midtimbang town.

Col. Ryan Bobby Paloma, Maguindanao del Sur provincial police director, said police and the Army's 6th Infantry Division are conducting a manhunt after Muhammad Utti Omar, a candidate for provincial board member, and his driver, Abel Bunsalagat Buisan, 31, were attacked around 3 p.m. in Barangay Brar.

Paloma said police led by Maj. Zulkarnain Kunakon, Datu Anggal Midtimbang police chief, responded quickly, preventing further harm to Omar, also known as "Datu Baba," 49. A brief exchange of gunfire occurred before the attackers fled, Paloma sa...