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Mayoral bet’s convoy ambushed; 2 killed
Two individuals, including a barangay captain, were killed and one was injured in an ambush targeting the convoy of a mayoralty candidate in Pilar, Abra on February 28, 2025.
The fatalities were identified as Froilan Bisares Bueno, Barangay Captain of Quillat, Langiden, Abra, and Kevin Bisares Bueno, the driver of one of the vehicles in the convoy.
Froilan Bueno sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach and died at the hospital, while Kevin Bueno was killed instantly.
Sonny Bisares was injured with a gunshot wound to his right thigh.
The attack occurred around 4:00 p.m. as the convoy of Pidigan Abra Mayoralty Candidate Artemio "Billy Boy" Donato passed through Sitio Palicad, Poblacion, Pilar, Abra.
The suspects reportedly fired from a higher elevation, but Mayoralty Candidate Donato was unharmed.
Authorities have launched checkpoints and dragnet operations to apprehend the perpetrators.
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