3 hurt in Cotabato shooting

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – A fruit vendor and two bystanders were seriously wounded during a shooting at a public market in North Cotabato’s Kabacan town Sunday. 

Senior Superintendent Leo Ajero, chief of the Kabacan municipal police, said Zando Bandon, Bai Guindal and Ilambai Dua remain confined at a hospital.  

“By all indications, it was Mr. Bandon who was the target of the suspect,” Ajero said. 

Ajero, however, said investigators have yet to determine the motive for the slay attempt. 

He said the gunman fled on a motorcycle parked not far from Bandon’s fruit stall.