COTABATO, Aug 30 (AP): Suspected Muslim rebels killed a police chief and his driver in a southern Philippine town and wounded at least three other officers as they were traveling Tuesday to arrest a suspect, officials said.
About 10 men opened fire on a police vehicle carrying Ampatuan town police chief Lt. Reynaldo Samson, who died instantly along with his driver in the midmorning attack on a rural road in the town in Maguindanao province, regional police commander Brig. Gen. John Gano Guyguyon said.
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