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Ilocos town council bet shot dead

The Philippine Star
November 13, 2015 | 9:00am

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines, Philippines – A candidate for town councilor in Marcos, Ilocos Norte was shot dead on Wednesday night.

Conrado Agtarap, 49, a retired policeman, was tending his piggery in Sitio Calungbuyan in Barangay Lydia when unidentified gunmen shot him at 10:30 p.m., Ilocos Norte police director Senior Superintendent Albert Ocon said yesterday.

Agtarap died while being treated at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital in Batac City. 

Investigators found bullets shells for an M16 Armalite at the scene. 

Marcos Mayor Arsenio Agustin said the killing could be politically motivated.

An investigation is underway. – Artemio Dumlao, Raymund Catindig

 

AGTARAP

ARTEMIO DUMLAO

BARANGAY LYDIA

BATAC CITY

CONRADO AGTARAP

ILOCOS NORTE

MARCOS MAYOR ARSENIO AGUSTIN

MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

RAYMUND CATINDIG

SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT ALBERT OCON

SITIO CALUNGBUYAN
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