UPDATED2: Trece Martires, Cavite vice mayor shot dead

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Vice mayor’s driver also killed; another seriously injured

Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alex Lubigan was on board this vehicle when it was fired at by suspects on board another vehicle on Saturday, July 6. Lubigan and his driver were killed.Another was seriously injured./PNP Calabarzon/

(Eagle News)–The vice mayor of Trece Martires, Cavite was shot dead on Saturday, July 6.

The police said Alex Lubigan was on board a black Toyota Hilux, with conduction sticker Y0477, on Trece-Indang Road in Barangay Luciano when a black Montero fired at it at 3:15 p.m.

Lubigan was killed on the spot.

Lubigan is the third high-ranking local government official to be killed this month./PNP Calabarzon/

His driver Romulo Guillemer was seriously injured and was rushed to the General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital.

He, however, later passed away.

Another passenger on board, Romeo Edrinal, is so far undergoing treatment for serious injuries.

Lubigan’s killing came days after the killings of Tanauan, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili and of General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote.

Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has said the killings of both Halili and Bote were “not at all related.” Earlo Bringas