1 killed, 2 hurt in Ilocos Norte ambush - police

01/25/2010 | 07:55 AM

A man was killed while two others were injured in a predawn ambush in Badoc town in Ilocos Norte province Sunday, but police quickly ruled out politics as a motive in the attack.

Radio dzBB reported Monday that Badoc town police said a personal grudge was behind the ambush that killed Dante Pagdilao, 36, who was killed on the spot.

Wounded in the incident were village chief Edmund Tadena and Jayfur Salon. Tadena was grazed in the hand while Salon sustained a gunshot wound in the back.

Tadena and Salon were brought to the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City for treatment.

Recovered from the scene were 63 shells from an Armalite rifle, three shells from a shotgun and two bullets from a shotgun.

Initial investigation showed Pagdilao was working at a computer shop in Laoag City. - LBG/RSJ, GMANews.TV

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