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A VILLAGE chief and two barangay councilors on Monday were killed while one was seriously injured in a gun attack during a flag-raising ceremony in front of a barangay hall in Dasmari\u00f1as City, Cavite.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspect, a former barangay tanod, also killed himself after the shooting.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, a Sangguniang Kabataan secretary was seriously injured when hit by a stray bullet.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Slain were barangay chairman Raul Atarde Ballos, 56; and “kagawads” <\/strong>Jose Lagones, 65; and <\/strong>Marvin Canete, 54, all of Bgy. Salitran 3, Dasmari\u00f1as City, Cavite, according to Dasmari\u00f1as City acting police chief Lt. Col. Regino O\u00f1ate.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sangguniang Kabataan secretary Christine Joseph Bonus is in critical condition at the hospital.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Initial probe showed the gun attack occurred at 8 a.m. Monday during a flag-raising ceremony in front of the barangay hall in Bgy. Salitran 3 in Dasmari\u00f1as City.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The victims were attending the flag-raising rites when suspect, alias \u201cAriel,\u201d a 50-year-old former barangay tanod, of Bgy. Salitran 3, Dasmari\u00f1as City, approached them from behind.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspect, who was armed with a gun, suddenly shot the barangay chairman and the two “kagawads” at close range.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n After seeing the victims fell to the ground and bloodied, the suspect turned the gun to himself then pulled the trigger.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The village chair and his two “kagawads” were rushed to the hospital, where they were declared dead on arrival.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The SK secretary is under observation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The suspect was brought to St. Paul Medical Center but was also declared dead on arrival.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Police Regional Office 4A (Calabarzon) regional director Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth T. Lucas condemned the gruesome crime as he immediately ordered an in-depth investigation into the gun attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We strongly condemn the heinous shooting incident. We immediately instructed our investigators to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the real motive behind this crime, and to provide justice to the deceased and injured victims<\/strong>,” Lucas said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The incident was the second in a span of two days following the killing on Saturday of a known supporter of Naic, Cavite Mayor-elect Rommel Magbitang.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Victim Shackie Denajiba, one of the active leaders of Magbitang during the recent campaign period for the local polls, was gunned down in front of his home in Naic.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Denajiba\u2019s wife told police that prior to the killing, her husband had been receiving death threats in connection with the recent elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A VILLAGE chief and two barangay councilors on Monday were killed while one was seriously injured in a gun attack during a flag-raising ceremony in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14079,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14077\/revisions\/14079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}