Manila, April 9 -- Unidentified gunmen killed a village chairperson in Lanao del Sur and wounded his companion in an ambush in Barangay Montay here Wednesday morning, police said.

Lt. Col. Jopy Ventura, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR), identified the victim as Binhar Jalambre Alon Jawad, 25, chairperson of Barangay Baraas, Picong, Lanao del Sur.

He said Jawad's companion, Norhan Comilao Sarip, 20, was injured and is recovering at a district hospital in Malabang.

Responding police found the victims inside a black Toyota Fortuner and transported them to the Montaner district hospital in Barangay Mable, where Jawad was declared dead on arrival, Ventura said.

The Malabang police rep...