DAVAO CITY – Authorities arrested on Thursday afternoon a suspect in the ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. in Surallah town, South Cotabato. Colonel Cydric Earl Tamayo, South Cotabato provincial police director, identified the suspect as Lomala Baratumo, alias Commander Lomala, 42, a farmer and resident of Bato-bato, Maguing, Lanao del Sur. Baratumo was apprehended at a checkpoint in Sitio Morales, Barangay Centrala in Surallah town at 3:30 p.m. by joint police and military operatives,Tamayo said.

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