ZAMBOANGA CITY: Unidentified gunmen shot two municipal mayors of Basilan province outside a mosque, killing one of them in a daring attack in Zamboanga City on Monday morning, reports said.

Reports stated Akbar Mayor Alih Awal Sali and Al-Barka Mayor Darussalam Saguindilan Lajid were rushed to a hospital after sustaining gunshot wounds. However, Lajid and Sali's driver, Barad Nuruddin, were declared dead on arrival by the attending physician.

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