A VILLAGE captain in Maguindanao del Sur was killed while a village councilor was injured when unidentified men set off an improvised explosive device (IED) in Shariff Saydona Mustapha town.

Rex Torino, municipal information officer of nearby Datu Salibo town, said Jun "Datu Manot" Silongan, chairman of Penditen village in Datu Salibo, died instantly after the blast that happened on Wednesday morning in Ganta village, Shariff Saydona town.

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