MANILA, Philippines — The vice mayor of Mabuhay municipality in Zamboanga Sibugay died while his companions were injured after an unidentified assailant attacked them on Friday afternoon.
A police report from Police Regional Office IX identified the victims as Vice Mayor Resituto Calonge, Edgar Pampanga, and Abduhari Gapor.
According to police, the vice mayor was talking to his two colleagues outside the Municipal Hall in Barangay Poblacion when the suspect approached them on foot and shot them multiple times.
The suspect then fled the crime scene using a black motorcycle.
Calonge died on the spot while his two companions were brought to an undisclosed hospital for treatmen…
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