By Ronron
September 5, 2007
Two unidentified suspects shot dead another barangay captain on Tuesday, this time in Cebu province, police said yesterday.
The killing of Cayang village captain Bienvenido Cañete, 43, in Bogo City happened as elections for barangay and youth officials nationwide on October 29 is nearing.
SPO1 Rolando Torquido, desk officer of the Bogo City Police Station, said in a phone interview yesterday that Cañete was in front of the Cayang Barangay Hall when the motorcycle-riding suspects fired at him using a caliber 45 pistol.
The suspects escaped after the incident, while Cañete died on the spot due multiple gunshot wounds in his body.
Torquido said recovered from the crime scene were seven empty shells and two slugs of a caliber 45. Another slug was recovered from Cañete’s body at the Bogo District Hospital.
Asked if the shooting is related to the upcoming elections, Torquido answered in the negative, saying that Cañete is a last-termer and will no longer participate in the October 29 polls.
“It could be personal in nature,” Torquido theorized.
He said the case is still being investigated as of press time to determine the exact motive and the identities of the perpetrators./DMS
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