COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Armed men killed a scion of a powerful political family and his companion in a gun attack at a busy commercial area in Lutayan town, Sultan Kudarat province, on Tuesday night, December 13.
The attack killed Mangudadatu and 25-year-old Hadji Dennis Hadji Daup of Barangay Paitan, Mangudadatu town, Maguindanao del Sur.Naga was a son of Lutayan Mayor Pax Mangudadatu, whose family has ruled in Sultan Kudarat for decades, and a half-brother of former governor Suharto Teng Mangudadatu. Naga himself had attempted to start a political career. He ran for vice mayor in Mangudadatu town in May but lost.
Naga was rushed to a hospital but died of multiple gunshot wounds before he could reach the emergency room.