A Filipino mayor escaped unharmed after an apparent rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on his convoy in broad daylight Sunday in the southern province of Maguindanao del Sur, authorities said.
The Philippine News Agency (PNA), the country’s state-run news outlet, lowers the launcher and aims it down the street.
He fires the weapon before jumping back into the vehicle, moments before a black SUV turns onto the road and is struck by the blast.
PNA reported that the mayor’s backup vehicle, a pickup, was also hit by gunfire during the attack.
The motive for the attack was not immediately known.
"The mayor is safe," Anwar Kuit Emblawa, the mayor’s executive assistant, told the PNA.
Two members of Ampatuan’s security detail were injured, though their wounds were not life-threatening.
The outlet said the mayor has survived two previous assassination attempts in the past five years.