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| CRYING FOR JUSTICE --- Shown (L-R) are Bai Norhanie Edzla, wife of the victim Bohari Edzla; Atty. Ronald Torres, legal counsel of the victims; Samsudin Kusain, brother of Esmael “Kokoy” Kusain; and mother of Badruddin Singgon. (Anne Acosta) |
SHARIFF AGUAK,
Maguindanao --- Relatives have cried for justice when they faced the local
media last November 30 following the death of one employee of the Shariff Aguak
municipal government and three others found dead in two separate areas.
Earlier,
local authorities said two of them were killed in an encounter with policemen
in Tacurong City while the two others were shot dead and left along a road in
Banga, South Cotabato.
They
were identified as Faizal Ampatuan, Bohari Uday Edzla, Esmael
"Kokoy" Kusain Datumanong, and Badruddin Singgon.
Singgonwas
an employee of the Shariff Aguak municipal government.
Atty.
Ronald Torres, who acts as legal counsel of the group, stressed that they are
not members of any local Islamic State-inspired group.
"We
are just waiting for the documents to be completed so we can formally file a
case," Atty. Torres said.
Previously,
the Regional Police Office-12 has released a statement that Edzla and
Datumanong were Islamic militants killed in a gunfight with a police team
before in Tacurong City when they were about to transport an improvised
explosive device somewhere in the city and were intercepted by police
personnel.
Later
that day, their companions, Singgon and Ampatuan, were found dead, with gunshot
wounds, along a highway in Banga town in South Cotabato.
Accordingly,
a black Islamic State flag was also recovered from their possession.
Relatives
of the four have denied such allegation and said they will seek help from the
Commission on Human Rights to act on the case. (Gilmhar A. Lao and Anne Acosta
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