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Unidentified gunmen shot dead a village councilor in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Monday, a police official said.
Col. Maximo Layugan, North Cotabato police director, identified victim as Freddie Balansiawan, 49, a village councilor in Barangay Cuyapon in Kabacan.
Layugan, quoting a report from the Kabacan police station, said Balansiawan was riding his motorbike when waylaid along a dirt road in Barangay Lower Paatan, also in Kabacan at about 3:30 p.m.
“The victim sustained fatal gunshot wounds in the head and body,” Layugan said.
Witnesses told police investigators that they saw four men leaving the crime scene after the shooting.
Police recovered empty shells for cal. 45-caliber pistol at the scene.
“Motive and identities of the suspects are still being determined while our investigation continues,” Layugan said.
Kabacan Mayor Herlo Guzman Jr. condemned the attack on Balansiawan and ordered the police to dig deeper and bring the perpetrators before the bar of justice.
While police are looking at “rido” (family feud) as a possible motive behind the ambush, Guzman wanted the police to explore further to determine what motivated the suspects to kill the village official.
At least three village officials have been separately murdered in Kabacan this year. Not one has been arrested yet to answer for the crimes.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1086416
Col. Maximo Layugan, North Cotabato police director, identified victim as Freddie Balansiawan, 49, a village councilor in Barangay Cuyapon in Kabacan.
Layugan, quoting a report from the Kabacan police station, said Balansiawan was riding his motorbike when waylaid along a dirt road in Barangay Lower Paatan, also in Kabacan at about 3:30 p.m.
“The victim sustained fatal gunshot wounds in the head and body,” Layugan said.
Witnesses told police investigators that they saw four men leaving the crime scene after the shooting.
Police recovered empty shells for cal. 45-caliber pistol at the scene.
“Motive and identities of the suspects are still being determined while our investigation continues,” Layugan said.
Kabacan Mayor Herlo Guzman Jr. condemned the attack on Balansiawan and ordered the police to dig deeper and bring the perpetrators before the bar of justice.
While police are looking at “rido” (family feud) as a possible motive behind the ambush, Guzman wanted the police to explore further to determine what motivated the suspects to kill the village official.
At least three village officials have been separately murdered in Kabacan this year. Not one has been arrested yet to answer for the crimes.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1086416
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