Barangay official killed in Zamboanga del Sur town

By Teofilo P. Garcia, Jr

ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 12 (PNA) -- The police are conducting thorough investigation to unmask the gunman behind the killing of a lady barangay official in a remote barangay in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.

Sanelyn Digol, 27, a barangay councilwoman of Cogon, Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur was shot to death by an unidentified gunman around 7 p.m. Wednesday in Purok Santan, Barangay Cogon.

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, Zamboanga del Sur police director, said that initial investigation showed Digol was driving her motorcycle on the way home when the suspect accosted her.

Ecaldre said the victim came from her class in Margosatubig town, Zamboanga del Sur when the incident occurred.

Ecaldre said Digol was rushed to the Margosatubig Regional Hospital by responding policemen who found her sprawled on the pavement but was pronounced dead on arrival by the attending physician.

He said the victim succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds.

He ordered the investigator to immediately file the case once the identity of the suspect will be established. (PNA)
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