Monday, April 23, 2007

Nueva Ecija elections: Three village officials killed in ambush

TALUGTOG, Nueva Ecija - A village head and two other officials were killed in an ambush after attending a political meeting in this far-flung municipality of Talugtog, Nueva Ecija Monday night.

Senior Supt. Allen Bantolo, Nueva Ecija policedirector, identified the victims as Barangay CaptainLiberato Ramos of Barangay Saverano, councilmanJuanito Tonya, and barangay treasurer Eusebio Jimenez.

The victims were shot repeatedly by still unidentifiedgun men at the adjoining Barangay Severano afterattending a meeting of Bagong Lakas nbg Nueva Ecija inthe adjoining Barangay Sampaloc, reports said.

Bantolo said they were conducting an ocularinvestigation and have yet to got lead on the suspectsas of press time.

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