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Brgy. Kagawad in Tuao, Cagayan killed in an ambush this Thursday

  • Writer:  Mark Moises Calayan
    Mark Moises Calayan
  • Jun 19
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 21


Tuao, Cagayan - A barangay official was shot dead in Barangay Palca, Tuao, Cagayan after he was ambushed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen this Thursday morning, June 19.

 

The victim, as reported by the Cagayan Public Information Office, was Kagawad Rodrigo Dupitas, 58, a resident of Barangay Angang, Tuao.

 

According to Angang Brgy. Captain Rogelio Villaga, Dupitas had just come from the market with his wife and was on their way home on board a Kolong-kolong when they were suddenly ambushed.

 

Initial accounts from the witnesses said that two men on board a motorcycle shot Dupitas once in the head and once in the neck, resulting in his immediate death.

 

The report from the CPIO did not mention what had happened to the wife, whether she was injured in the attack or not.

 

As of this writing, police are on the crime scene conducting a thorough investigation to determine the motive behind the shooting and the identity of the gunmen.

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