Barangay kagawad shot dead in Abra

A barangay kagawad (village official) in the northern Philippine province of Abra was shot dead on Monday night, according to police authorities. In a report on Tuesday, Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesman Chief Inspector Agrimero Cruz Jr identified the victim as Arthur Alagao, a barangay kagawad of Cabaroan village in Tayum town in Abra. An initial investigation showed that the victim was attacked at Sitio Mundoc, also in Cabaroan, at about 6:30 p.m. of Monday. A checkpoint was immediately set up around the village and led to the arrest of a certain Ilarde Jaquias, who is now under the custody of the Tayum municipal police for further investigation. The motive for the crime has yet to be ascertained, according to investigators. - VVP, GMA News