Village chair shot dead in Northern Samar town

TACLOBAN CITY – A village official in Bobon town, Northern Samar was shot dead by a still unidentified perpetrator Thursday afternoon (Aug. 1).

Reports reaching the Police Regional Office in Eastern Visayas based in Palo town, Leyte, identified the victim as Joselito Sayde, 49, barangay chair of Santander, Bobon.

The victim suffered bullet wounds in the head and at the backfired by the still unidentified perpetrator on board a motorcycle at 1:35 p.m. at Sitio Lomibtong, Barangay San Isidro, Bobon.

The police had yet to determine the motive and the identity of the assailant. /lzb