Cops probe political tension amid Maguindanao mayor ambush

MANILA, Philippines — Police are investigating whether the attack on Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur Mayor Akmad Mitra Ampatuan was a retaliation, the Philippine National Police said on Tuesday. “The first angle we’re looking at here is the local tension related to local politics that resulted in a hired gun,” PNP public information chief Brig.