Mayor of Town in Southern Philippines Shot Dead

[Mark Navales/BenarNews]
A town mayor in the southern Philippines was gunned down with his driver in a roadside attack on Monday, the police said.
President Rodrigo Duterte had said that Christopher Cuan, mayor of Libungan town in North Cotabato province, was on of a list of politicians and officials allegedly tied to drug traffickers.
Cuan, 46, was attacked near his residence while heading out to inspect a construction site. The police identified the other person slain as Edwin Navarro Ihao, 36, Cuan’s driver.
“The victims sustained wounds in different parts of their body that resulted in their instantaneous death,” said local police investigator Capt. Jennefer Amotan, in her incident report.

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