Ex-councilor of Zamboanga del Sur town survives gun attack

Rally Eslit. Photo taken from Rally Eslit’s Facebook account

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A former town legislator and vice mayoral candidate in the 2022 elections of Tabina town in Zamboanga del Sur survived a gun attack on Wednesday night.

Major Shellamie Chang, regional police information officer, said Rally Caguia Eslit, 48, of Manicaan village in Tabina town, was with his family heading home aboard an Isuzu Dmax pickup vehicle, when two unidentified men aboard a KLX 150-cc motorcycle approached and fired at the driver’s seat.

Eslit, who was driving the vehicle, was hit on the back of his neck.

The incident happened at Dao-an village in San Miguel town.

After the incident, the gunmen fled towards the Betinan village of San Miguel town, police said.

Eslit was rushed to the San Miguel rural health center and later transferred to a private hospital in Pagadian City for further medication.

Investigators recovered from the crime scene a fired cartridge case of caliber .45 pistol.

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