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Losing bet shot, hurt

/ 11:24 PM June 01, 2013

An outgoing councilor in Binalonan town survived a gun attack by two men on a motorcycle, according to police.

Oscar Evangelista, 68, was driving his Volkswagen Beetle on the national highway in Binalonan at past 8 a.m. when a motorcycle drove by and one of the riders fired at him.

Evangelista was hit in the right thigh and treated at the town’s rural health unit. His attackers fled to Urdaneta City.

Evangelista ran for reelection as an independent candidate in the last election but lost. Gabriel Cardinoza, Inquirer Northern Luzon

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