Pampanga town councilor shot dead

CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga, Philippines – A municipal councilor in Arayat, Pampanga was killed while his companion was wounded in an attack by motorcycle-riding assailants in Barangay Telapayong on Tuesday.

Federico Hipolito was declared dead on arrival in a hospital, where his companion, Julito Trinidad, chairman of Barangay Batasan, was also taken for treatment of a gunshot wound.

The victims had just alighted from a tricycle when the suspects arrived and shot them.

Col. Jay Dimaandal, Pampanga police director, said he created a task group to investigate the incident.

Probers have yet to determine the motive for the attack.