ZAMBOANGA CITY: A mayor of Laak town in Compostela Valley accused by communist rebels as behind illegal logging activities was killed by armed men in an ambush on Wednesday in Davao del Norte.

Mayor Reynaldo Navarro was travelling with his group when gunmen attacked them around 8:30 a.m. in Purok 9, Barangay Sagayen in Asuncion town.

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