NARVACAN, Ilocos Sur – A village chief
was killed in an ambush by motorcycle-riding men after celebrating his son’s
high school graduation in this town on March 29, police said.
The victim,
Melchor Alcantara, 51, chairman of Barangay Nalvo in nearby Sta. Maria town, and
his family were on their way home on board a Mitsubishi Adventure after taking
lunch in a restaurant here when the attack took place along the highway in
Barangay San Antonio, said Chief Insp. Rey Buyucan, Narvacan police chief.
Alcantara was hit in
the head, neck and right arm, while his family members were unhurt. Police were
checking if politics or a personal grudge motivated the killing.
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