Sto. Tomas,
Batangas—A town councilor and his
bodyguard were ambushed by three motorcycle-riding gunmen in Brgy. San
Francisco here on Sunday morning.
Chief
Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr., National Police spokesman, identified the victims as
Alexander Guevarra, 47, a town councillor and Edgar Ariola, 43, his
bodyguard.
Guevarra sustained
several gunshot wounds in the body while Ariola suffered a wound in the thigh.
According
to the police investigators, the two were waylaid at around 7:40 a.m. at Purok
Dos, Barangay San Francisco, this town while onboard a Toyota Fortuner with
license plate TII-653 when they were shot by three men on a red Kawasaki
“Barako” motorcycle.
Though wounded, Ariola still managed to drive to the Saint Francis Cabrini Hospital here.
The police
is still investigating the motive of the attack and the identities of the gunmen.(SLI)
No comments:
Post a Comment