Ex-village chief gunned down

January 23, 2016 | 9:00am

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – A former barangay chairman was gunned down in Cagayan on Thursday.

Eugenio Calixto, 80, was buying cigarettes at a store in Barangay Calantac in Alcala town when an unidentified man on a motorcycle shot him.

Police are looking at land dispute as the motive for the killing.

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Ex-village chief gunned down

ALCALA

BARANGAY

BARANGAY CALANTAC

BUYING

CAGAYAN

CALANTAC

CALIXTO

CHAIRMAN

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DISPUTE

EUGENIO CALIXTO

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