Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal of the BARMM condemned the recent attack against a teacher in the troubled town of Pikit in Cotabato province. /PDI
PIKIT FALLEN TEACHER | Funeral workers in Pikit, Cotabato prepare to transport the remains of a teacher slain in a grenade blast on Friday, June 16, 2023. Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
condemned on Saturday the recent attack against a teacher in the troubled town of Pikit in Cotabato province. “The MBHTE and the entire education community stand with everyone in condemning this inhuman act and are committed to contribute and work in ending all forms of abuse and violence,” Iqbal said in a statement.The teacher, Marichu Valle Cabañog, was killed in a grenade attack at dawn on Friday in Barangay Ginatilan, Pikit, according to Lt. Col. John Miridel Calinga, chief of the Pikit Municipal Police Station.
He said Cabañog, a 42-year-old teacher at Balong Elementary School, died on the spot from shrapnel injuries.
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