Village exec, who had surrendered as drug suspect, shot dead | Inquirer News

Village exec, who had surrendered as drug suspect, shot dead

/ 03:47 PM December 30, 2019

TACLOBAN CITY — A village councilor, who had surrendered himself as a drug suspect, was shot dead by still unidentified assailants aboard a pickup on Monday (Dec. 30).

The Eastern Visayas police reported that Sony Buranday, 54, councilor of Calsadahay village, Burauen town, Leyte province, was ambushed while driving his motorcycle past 1 a.m. at the village of Rizal, La Paz town, also in Leyte.

Buranday died on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds.

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Buranday was among those who had surrendered themselves to authorities in the early days of the anti-drug campaign of the Duterte administration.

Police are investigating his killing but have no identities of suspects yet.

Edited by TSB
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