Village chair shot dead in Sultan Kudarat province

Inquirer files

ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines — A village official was shot dead by a still unidentified gunman here about 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, police said.

Lt. Colonel Julius Malcontento, Isulan municipal police station chief, said Amado Serra, 62, the barangay chairperson of Barangay Laguilayan, Isulan town, was driving his sedan on the way to Purok 7, Barangay Laguilayan when shot by one of two gunmen on board a motorbike.

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Physicians, however, declared Serra dead at the hospital due to the multiple gunshot wounds on his body.

Serra was the second village executive slain in a gun attack in this part of Mindanao in two days. On Sunday, August 18, unidentified armed men shot dead Esmael Mustapah, village chairperson of Barangay Bulibod, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, and his wife Rahima, the village secretary, were also killed on their way home around 10 p.m. after attending the foundation day activities at the town gym. Their four children escaped unhurt.

Lt. Colonel Esmael Madin, Sultan Kudarat town police chief, said the couple was ambushed in an isolated part of the village that had no streetlight.