ZAMBOANGA CITY: Unidentified gunmen ambushed a village official in the town of Mahayag in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, police said.

Police said Julius Lapinig, a council member in the village of Manguiles, was driving his motorcycle with his wife as passenger, when three gunmen shot him at Purok Sinco. His wife managed to escape and reported the attack to the police.

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