Police arrested and filed criminal charges against a village official accused of murdering a 10-year-old boy in Zamboanga del Sur, officials said on Sunday.

Officials said that Algien Lucero, 20, chairperson of the Sanguniang Kabataan in the town of Aurora, allegedly bludgeoned Richard Lucero and hid his body at a banana plantation in the village of Bag-Ong to cover up the grisly murder.

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