KIDAPAWAN CITY – Police shot dead one of two suspects in the New Year’s Eve grenade attack in Matalam, North Cotabato, during an operation Thursday night. Lt. James Warren Caang, spokesperson for the Cotabato Police Provincial Office, said the suspect died in a shootout with Matalam police in Barangay Kilada at about 8 p.m. Thursday. READ: North Cotabato grenade attack: 22 New Year’s eve revelers hurt Pursuit operations continue for the second suspect. “The attackers seemingly shifted to the revelers as ‘soft targets’ for retaliation against the anti-drug campaign,” Caang said in a radio interview Friday. He said the two men […]... Keep on reading: N. Cotabato: New Year’s eve grenade attack suspect shot dead by cops