Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - Mayor Akmad Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines, survived an assassination attempt after his armored vehicle fended off a grenade attack by armed suspects on Sunday morning.
CCTV footage showed suspects disembarking a white minivan
and using a grenade launcher on Ampatauan’s black SUV in Barangay Poblacion at
6:20 a.m. Sunday.
Three alleged ambushers were later k!lled during a pursuit
operation by a joint police-Army team.
“The mayor is safe,”
Anwar Kuit Emblawa, the mayor’s executive assistant, told reporters here in a
text message.
He said Ampatuan was in his bulletproof black sports utility
vehicle when attacked around 6:30 a.m. in Barangay Poblacion.
His backup vehicle, a pickup, was also hit by bullets.
Emblawa said the two security escorts sustained
non-life-threatening injuries and are being treated at Bangsamoro Regional and
Medical Center in Datu Hoffer.
The suspects were on board a white minivan when they carried
out the ambush.
According to Tuaño, this was the fourth attack against
Ampatuan. The first was a roadside bombing in 2010, followed by an ambush in
2014, and another attack in 2019.
Watch the Video footage below:
Assassination attempt with bazooka on Philippine mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan. Despite being hit, he is unharmed. pic.twitter.com/dRf2timANJ
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