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ILAGAN, Isabela: Unidentified armed men shot dead a councilor of a
remote southeastern town here at a little past 2 a.m. Thursday, and
police authorities are still in the dark on the identities of the
suspects and the motive for the slay.
Police identified the fatality as Councilor
Rodrigo “Ding” Manuel, 54, of Jones town. Reports indicated that
the five unidentified armed men shot at Manuel with .45-caliber
pistols just as he was homebound from a meeting.
Senior Supt. Dominador Aquino, provincial police
director, said officials of Jones town police led by Chief Inspector
Jesus Nape reported that the incident took place very near the
police station that his men on duty heard the gunshots and the
suspects as they fled from the crime scene.
-- Francis C. Hidalgo Jr.
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