Compostela Valley town cop chief slain

MANILA, Philippines – Motorcycle-riding men believed to be members of the New People’s Army liquidation squad shot dead the chief of police of a town in Compostela Valley in  Tagum City, Davao del Norte yesterday. 

Chief Inspector Ger Igtanloc, Maragusan police chief, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died at the scene.

Initial investigation showed the assailants tailed Igtanloc, a resident of Barangay East in Tagum City, as he was driving his motorcycle on his way home.

Igtanloc was waylaid at the corner of Mabini and Sobrecary streets around 7 a.m.

The assailants sped toward Barangay San Miguel.

Responding policemen recovered eight bullet shells for a .45 caliber pistol at the scene.