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2017.06.05

Killing of Ilocos town mayor alarms residents

Town mayor Arsenio Agustin of Marcos, Ilocos Norte was inspecting the on-going construction of a small water impounding dam in sitio Cabua-an, Mabuti village on Saturday morning when he was shot by still unidentified gunman.

Responding police personnel found Agustin, 61, and Rusmar Valencia, 35, a backhoe driver, lying on the ground and soaked with blood at about 11:40 am.

Two laborers at the construction site identified as Camilo Alagao, 60, and Nolan Valencia, 18, were also shot in the legs.

Police theorized the gunman positioned himself at the hilly portion of the dam and fired upon the group of Agustin. The group immediately ran to the bullet proof vehicle of Agustin but Agustin and Valencia were shot