3 slain in Lanao del Sur ambush

COTABATO CITY, Philippines —Three persons were killed while another was wounded in an ambush in Pualas, Lanao del Sur on Sunday.

Police said Pendaton, 54; Tarapas, 32, and Mutilan, 26, all surnamed Polayagan, died at the scene of the incident from multiple gunshot wounds.

The victims’ companion, Benjamin Polayagan, 25, was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The Polayagans were in a tricycle when unidentified men waylaid them along a farm-to-market road in Barangay Masao.