The slain kidnapper, Commander Kambali, long wanted for more than a dozen kidnappings, extortion and drug trafficking, was killed in a firefight with combined elements of the Armys 301st Infantry Brigade and 6th Infantry Division.
Brig. Gen. Agustin Dema-ala, commander of the 301st Infantry Brigade, said Kambali and his men first opened fire on the soldiers patrolling near their hideout in Barangay Lumabao in S.K. Pendatun, Maguindanao, triggering a running gunbattle. John Unson