Village chieftain, 4 others killed in ambush in Pagadian City

From the Mindanao Examiner (Sep 13): Village chieftain, 4 others killed in ambush in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY – Gunmen killed 5 people in an ambush Tuesday in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said.

Officials said among the dead were Marianita Pitogo, the village chieftain of Lison Valley, and her companions. One passenger was also wounded in the ambush. The victims were travelling in a jeep when gunmen attacked them near the village.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the treacherous attack and police were investigating the murders. Mayor Romeo Pulmones said Pitogo borrowed the jeep from the local government to pick up a coffin for a dead girl in the village.

The motive of the killings is still unknown. The province is a known lair of the communist New People’s Army rebels.

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