ALBUERA, Leyte: The town’s retired chief of police, reportedly a supporter of the incumbent mayor, who resigned after losing in the May 9 elections, was killed in an ambush on Monday afternoon while stuck in traffic along the national highway here.

Police Chief Insp. Castor Cabilugan identified the victim as retired Senior Police Officer (SPO) 4 Alfredo Bucabuca, 63, also a village councilor of Barangay Tinag-an, this town.

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