Samar village chief gunned down
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines – A village chief was shot dead by two assailants in San Jorge, Samar on Saturday afternoon.
Romulo Barcuma was driving a motorcycle in Barangay Mabuhay when he was shot at around 1 p.m. by gunmen believed to be tailing him in a Mitsubishi Montero.
The 56-year-old Barcuma died at the scene from gunshots to the chest and head.
Responding police officers recovered five bullet shells for an M16 rifle and a .45 caliber pistol at the crime scene.
Police withheld the identities of the assailants in order not to jeopardize the investigation.
Probers have yet to determine the motive for the killing, which occurred amid the deployment of additional police and military forces in the province’s first district.
Last week, Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento dispatched 80 officers of the Special Action Force, Criminal Investigation Group and the Army’s 43rd Infantry Batallion in the area to avert election-related violence.
Samar police director Superintendent Rommel Cabagnot urged the community to help maintain peace and order.
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