5 cops killed in Maguindanao del Sur ambush
Five police officers were killed and three others injured in an ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur. The victims were members of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company who were on patrol.
Based on comprehensive searches of Philippine news sources including Philstar, Inquirer, ABS-CBN, PNA, and Xinhua, no verified reports exist of an ambush in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur that killed five police officers from the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company. The most recent verified ambush incidents in Maguindanao del Sur include: On March 3-4, 2026, a retired police major, Elias Dandan, and his companion Raymond Bioy were killed in an ambush in Datu Montawal while traveling in a pick-up truck along the Cotabato-Davao Highway. On January 25-26, 2026, there was an ambush on Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan's convoy where three gunmen were killed and two security escorts were injured, but the mayor escaped unharmed. Police formed a Special Investigation Task Group for this incident and are investigating a gun-for-hire angle. Another ambush in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town killed the mayor's nephew and injured two others. No official PNP statements or reports from reliable Philippine news sources confirm the specific incident of five police officers killed in a Shariff Aguak ambush. The available information suggests ongoing violence in the region but does not match the described event involving multiple police fatalities from the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company.
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