Filipino vice mayor killed; 3rd such gun attack of the week

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Van-riding assailants gunned down the vice mayor of a small Philippine city south of Manila on Saturday, police said, the third such brazen killing of a local official in the past week. (UPDATED) Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan is the 5th vice mayor killed since President Rodrigo Duterte took office

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan of Trece Martires, Cavite, was shot dead on Saturday, July 7, the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Calabarzon confirmed. The gunmen escaped toward Indang town aboard a black sport utility vehicle, police said. ADVERTISEMENT

Earlier kills

On Monday, Halili was shot dead by a sniper during flag-raising rites at Tanauan City Hall, while Bote was ambushed the next day by motorcycle-riding gunmen as he left the National Irrigation Administration compound in Cabanatuan City in his sport utility vehicle. Lubigan became the third high official of a local government unit (LGU) to be killed in a week after Mayor Antonio Halili of Tanauan City, Batangas province, and Mayor Ferdinand Bote of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija province. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Gunmen killed a city vice mayor in the Philippines on Saturday, police said, less than a week after two mayors were shot dead in separate incidents, including one President Rodrigo Duterte said may have had links to illegal drugs.
Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor of Trece Martires, Philippines, is assassinated in an ambush.