BURGOS, La Union – Provincial police investigators are looking into three motives behind the killing of a losing mayoral bet here on June 7.
La Union police director Senior Supt. Noli Taliño said in Camp Diego Silang, the provincial police headquarters in San Fenqaco City that probable motives in the slaying of Nestor Arsitio, 48, incumbent municipal councilor and defeated mayoral candidate, are politics, personal and work-related.
“We are still investigating it if it’s politically motivated, personal or work-related because he just came from work when the incident happened,” Taliño said.
Arsitio, a resident of Barangay New Dalacdac, was gunned down by unidentified motorcycle-riding suspects at around 11 a.m. that day after attending session at the town hall.
Investigation showed Arsitio was on his way home along Naguilian Road in Barangay Poblacion when the suspects suddenly appeared and shot him several times with short firearms believed to be Cal.45.
He was rushed to a hospital in nearby Naguilian town but declared dead on arrival due to numerous gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body. His wife Lowely believed the incident is politically motivated but the perpetrators are still unknown.
Arsitio lost in the May 10 elections to incumbent Mayor Jose Abansi.
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