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COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 29 March) — Five police officers were killed while three others were wounded in an ambush Saturday night along Maguindanao Street, Barangay Mother Poblacion in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, on the road leading to the Maguindanao del Sur Police Headquarters. The target of the attack were personnel of the 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company (PMFC) under the Maguindanao del Sur Police Provincial Office (MDSPPO). According to  Captain Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson for the Police Regional Office of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO BAR), the officers were on board a police vehicle and were heading back to their headquarters at Camp Datu Akilan after conducting a patrol in the town center at around 9:10 p.m. when unidentified suspects “suddenly opened fire upon reaching the area.” “Despite being caught off guard, the officers managed to return fire while maneuvering away from the site and proceeding directly to the Maguindanao del Sur P...