Philippines election 2022: three guards killed as violence mars voting for new president
Three security guards were killed on Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station in southern Philippines, as millions of people voted in national elections . A fourth guard was wounded in the attack, police said. The deadly shooting took place shortly after voting began in the Buluan municipality on Mindanao island, AFP reported. The region experiences attacks from various armed groups including communist insurgents to Islamist extremists. Elections are a traditionally a volatile time in the Philippines. Voters ran for cover when the shooting started at the school that has been turned into a polling station, former mayor Ibrahim Mangudadatu said. The shooting came after the explosion of five grenades outside a polling station in Datu Unsay municipality late on Sunday that left nine people wounded. Minutes after that attack, a grenade exploded in the neighbouring municipality of Shariff Aguak, but there were no casualties. Both of those towns are also in Maguindanao province. Th...