Police hunt down killers of Sultan Kudarat village exec

  COTABATO CITY -- Joint police and military forces in Lebak and nearby towns of Sultan Kudarat province have launched a manhunt against two men who shot dead a village official on Thursday night. Lt. Colonel Julius Malcontento, Lebak municipal police chief, said soldiers from the Army's 603rd Infantry Brigade are helping the local police in locating one of two gunmen who killed Rogelio Talagtag, 53, village chief of Barangay Basak. Talagtag was standing in front of his family-owned variety store in Purok Beverly Hills when two men riding on a motorbike arrived at about 5:10 p.m. "One of them alighted and shot the unsuspecting village official from behind, hitting hi...

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