Ex-soldier on drug watch list killed in Ecija

SHOOTING (CDN FILE PHOTO/ LITO TECSON)

STA. ROSA, Nueve Ecija — A former soldier who was included on a drug watch list was shot dead by three unidentified suspects in Barangay (village) Mapalad here on Wednesday night (Dec. 7).

Police have not disclosed the rank and former unit of Fernando Magno, 51, who was walking with a female friend when he was attacked and killed at 7:15 p.m. The woman was unhurt.

PO3 Ryan de Castro, the investigator, said the gunmen were riding in a white car which did not have a license plate. Magno previously submitted himself to drug authorities.  SFM/rga