A village chairman and his com-panion were shot dead by three unidentified gunmen that attacked them late Wednesday night in Masbate, police reports said on Friday.

Reports at the Philippine National Police national operations center in Camp Crame identified the slain village official as Irenio Booc, 43, chairman of Brgy. Divisoria of Cataingan, Masbate, while wounded was Marlon Etcobanes, 20.

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