Ex-Negros town vice mayor gunned down

BACOLOD CITY, Philippines — A former vice mayor of Pamplona, Negros Oriental was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in Barangay Poblacion on Wednesday night.

Kent Zerna Divinagracia suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died while being treated in a hospital in Dumaguete City, Chief M/Sgt. Edilberto Euroba III,  Negros Oriental police information officer, said.

Probers have yet to determine the motive for the killing.

The victim, who was civil security officer of Pamplona, was also a former councilor.