Religious missionary killed in Cotabato gun attack

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — A Muslim religious missionary was killed in an attack by motorcycle-riding men in Midsayap, Cotabato on Saturday.

Ustadz Hassim Subo died from multiple gunshot wounds in the body, probers said.

Subo was on a motorcycle when he was killed on Roosevelt street in Barangay Poblacion 4.

Responding barangay officials and police officers said the assailants fled after the killing.

Police said Subo was the fifth Islam preacher killed in a series of attacks since 2024 in the Bangsamoro’s Special Geographic Area.