COTABATO CITY: A Philippine National Police (PNP) major has committed suicide Friday using his service pistol, while inside a car in Bagumbayan municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat.

The Bagumbayan PNP on Saturday identified the victim as Maj. Kristian Ace Sularte, assigned at the Police Regional Office-11 (PRO-11) in Davao City. He was found dead on the driver’s seat of his car, a silver Mitsubishi Mirage.