Municipal employee shot dead by chain saw operator in Surigao del Norte

A LOCAL government employee was shot to death by a chainsaw operator early dawn on Sunday in a remote village in Surigao del Norte province, police reports said on Monday.

Reports reaching the Philippine National Police (PNP) National Operations Center in Camp Crame identified the victim as Alejandro Turtor, 45, a municipal employee and a resident of Barangay Poniente, Gigaguit town, Surigao del Norte while the suspect was identified as Harnel Turtor, 34, a chainsaw operator, also a resident of the said barangay.