COTABATO CITY – Unidentified gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades at the house of Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr., in Marawi City at dawn yesterday, but nobody was hurt, police said.
Senior Superintendent Paniares Adap, Lanao del Sur police director, said the 3:15 a.m. blasts slightly damaged portions of the house of Adiong located along Barangay Pangao Saduc.
One of the RPGs landed at the canopy of Adiong’s house, shattering window panes and concrete walls. It was not immediately known whether Adiong was in the house or not, according to Superintendent Danilo Bacas, PNP-ARMM spokesperson.
Bacas said Chief Superintendent Joel Goltiao, PNP-ARMM regional director, has ordered the deployment of additional police forces into Adiong’s house to prevent further attacks.
No one has claimed responsibility and the motive for the attack remains unknown, Bacas said.
One of the grenade projectiles landed on a house adjacent to the Adiong Compound while another hit a bridge nearby.