SHARIFF AGUAK, Feb. 17 -- A daylight ambush along a national highway in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town on Tuesday left one dead and two injured, including the brother of Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan Sr., police reported.

Capt. Steffi Salanguit, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office - Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said the victims were on board a black Nissan Livina traveling from Cotabato City to Shariff Aguak when a white mini-van without a license plate tailed them and opened fire with assault rifles at about 11 a.m.

Despite his injuries, the driver, Datu Morsid Ampatuan - the mayor's nephew - managed to reach an Army checkpoint in Datu Unsay but later passed away at a hospital.

Injured were Yasser Ampatuan, 49, the mayor's brot...