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A PARISH priest was shot dead by still unidentified
gunmen for still unknown reasons late Tuesday evening in a remote
village in Ilocos Norte province, police reports said Wednesday.
Ilocos Region Police Director
Chief Supt. Leopoldo Bataoil in a text message identified the victim
as Father Florante Rigonan, 48 years old and a resident of Batac
town.
The victim was reportedly shot
dead by a still unknown number of suspects armed with an M16 rifle
at about 10:40 p.m. at Barangay Puritac, Pinili, the reports said.
The reports said the victim had
just come out from the house of a certain Florencio Macalma and was
on his way to his vehicle when he was attacked, Bataoil said in his
reports.
“I have ordered the Provincial
Director to form a task force to investigate this. I would also go
there to supervise the investigation,” said Bataoil in the text
message.
The police official also assured
the Catholic Bishop Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) that he and
his men would try their best to solve the case as soon as possible.
--Anthony Vargas
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