Village chief slain in Bulacan

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A barangay chairman was killed while another was wounded when  two motorcycle-riding men shot them in San Miguel, Bulacan at dawn the other day.

Ronnie Roura, 40, died on the spot, while tricycle driver Emmanuel Manabat sustained a gunshot wound in the body.

Senior Superintendent Joel Ordona, Bulacan police provincial director, said Roura and his wife, Lotus, were on Manabat’s tricycle when the suspects fired at them in Barangay Poblacion.

Lotus survived the attack. The couple was on the way home when the incident happened.

Investigators recovered six shells for a caliber .45 revolver at the crime site. They have yet to determine whether  the killing was electionrelated.

Police created task force Roura to dig deeper into the incident.                 – Ric Sapnu, Dino Balabo