Ex-councilor in Samar now in stable condition after getting shot

TACLOBAN CITY — A former councilor in Jiabong town, Samar province is now in stable condition after he was shot and wounded by still unidentified assailants on Friday afternoon.

Rolando Cabadsan, 56, was working at his car shop located in Barangay Tigbago-an, around 8 kilometers away from the town proper, when the assailants, who were wearing helmet and facemask, approached and shot him on his head and back, said Lt. Elbest Taping, officer-in-charge of the Jiabong municipal police station.

Cabadsan was rushed to a hospital in Tacloban City for treatment while the perpetrators immediately fled onboard a motorcycle.

“There was a lone witness but he could not provide as to the identities of the suspects as both were wearing helmets and facemasks. The area where the incident happened is isolated and there is no mobile phone signal there,” Taping said in a phone interview.

Investigators believed there was no political motive involved in the shooting of Cabadsan considering that he has been out of local politics since 2010 and is not a candidate in this year’s elections.

“This is not a politically-related incident but rather an isolated one. While our investigators are still conducting their investigation, we are seeing other possible reasons like personal grudge,” Taping said.