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

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.

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