Watch the moment Philippine mayor survives bazooka assassination attempt (Video)

Mayor Akmad Ampatuan of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao del Sur, Philippines,  survived an assass!nation attempt after his armored vehicle fended off a grenade attack by armed suspects on Sunday morning.

CCTV footage showed suspects disembarking a white minivan and using a grenade launcher on Ampatauan’s black SUV in Barangay Poblacion at 6:20 a.m. Sunday.

Three alleged ambushers were later k!lled during a pursuit operation by a joint police-Army team.

“The mayor is safe,” Anwar Kuit Emblawa, the mayor’s executive assistant, told reporters here in a text message.

He said Ampatuan was in his bulletproof black sports utility vehicle when attacked around 6:30 a.m. in Barangay Poblacion.

His backup vehicle, a pickup, was also hit by bullets.

Emblawa said the two security escorts sustained non-life-threatening injuries and are being treated at Bangsamoro Regional and Medical Center in Datu Hoffer.

The suspects were on board a white minivan when they carried out the ambush.

According to Tuaño, this was the fourth attack against Ampatuan. The first was a roadside bombing in 2010, followed by an ambush in 2014, and another attack in 2019.