LUPAO, Nueva Ecija: Unidentified gunmen shot dead the newly elected Nueva Ecija town mayor and vice-mayor of this town inside a cockpit in Barangay Sto. Nino, San Jose City late Friday evening.
Seven other people were wounded in the shooting, reports said.
Killed were Alfredo Vendivil, the mayor of Lupao, and his cousin, Vice-Mayor Virgilio Vendivil.
Wounded were Michael Jordan, 8, son of a vendor; Manuel Vendivil, 47, barangay captain of Poblacion, Lupao; Wilfredo Solano, 52; Tito Collado, 37; Albert Olimon, 31; Armando Valiente, 51; and Marcelino Gulapa, 68.
The reports said the gunmen then fired shots in the air to scatter the crowd and cover their escape.
Vendivil’s security escorts were in a canteen inside the cockpit when the attack took place.
Vendivil was mayor for three consecutive terms. In 2004 he was elected as a board member.
Last May 14, he ran under the administration party Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats against the incumbent Mayor Alex Joanino and Nestor de Guzman.
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