PAGADIAN CITY – Motorcycle gunmen killed a village chieftain in a daring broad daylight attack in Tambulig town in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said.
Police said Edgardo Estrebor Surigao was driving his motorcycle in the village of Gabunon when shot by the gunmen, believed to be hired killers. The 57-year old Surigao, the village chieftain of Upper Liason, was shot several times by the gunmen, according to Maj. Shellamie Chang, a regional police spokesperson.
The Monday shooting occurred ahead of the Barangay and Sanguniang Kabataan elections in October.
Chang said the gunmen, all clad in black jackets and both wearing black helmets, were already tailing Surigao who was heading to downtown Tambulig. The attacker shot Surigao in the back and leg and fell off from his motorcycle, but the gunmen finished him off with two more fatal shots in the body.
“The victim sustained two gunshot wounds in the back portion of his body and one gunshot wound on his right leg that caused him to fall onto the road, and allegedly the suspects fired the two more times at their victim and then fled the scene,” she said, adding, the police were investigating the motive of the murder and the identities of the killers.
It was not immediately known whether the killing was politically motivated or not. Surigao’s family did not release any statement. (Mindanao Examiner)
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