Four kidnappers were killed and another was arrested when lawmen and civilian volunteers foiled another abduction attempt here on Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Midsayap Mayor Manuel Rabara said the gang of four heavily armed men were out to seize hardware store owner Frank Chung when soldiers and policemen, backed by civilian informants, foiled the attempt at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
One of the suspects who was seen approaching the hardware store owner was shot dead by policemen and soldiers.
"He resisted when accosted by lawmen and ran toward his companions in the parked vehicle," Supt. Frank Anito, Midsayap police chief, said.
Soldiers fired at him in the leg but he fled toward a boarding house to hostage student-boarders. But police shot him dead.
Sensing their move was busted, other kidnap gang members sped away using the same vehicle but a pursuit operation resulted in a shootout in the outskirts of Midsayap town about two hours later. - pna
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