Maguindanao vice mayor shot dead
11/29/2010A vice mayor in Maguin-danao province was killed in an ambush staged by teenaged-looking suspects in Davao City yesterday, a police official said.
Police Regional Office-XI (PRO-11) spokesman Supt. Querubin Manalang said Alexander Tomawis, vice mayor of Barira town, was shot in the head by two unidentified assailants around 10:45 a.m. yesterday.
Quoting reports from the field, Manalang said Tomawis was along Hill Drive beside the Heritage Church in Bajada, Kilometer 5, Barangay Buhangin in Davao City, whentwo teenaged-looking suspects shot him, using a handgun.
Manalang said the suspects managed to approach Tomawis by pretending to have some documents signed by the vice mayor.
“The victim, who was with his security detail at the time of the shooting, was rushed to the Davao City Doctors’ Hospital for medical attention but was declared dead on arrival thereat,” he added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101129hed4.html
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