CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Philippines – A supporter of former Pampanga governor Eddie Panlilio was shot and killed by two men in Arayat town on Tuesday, police said.<\/p>\n
The assailants, who were on a motorcycle, gunned down Gaudencio Penulliar at 7:30 a.m. as the latter swept his front yard in San Agustin Sur village, said Superintendent Allan Palomo, Arayat police chief.<\/p>\n
Penulliar, 65, was a village councilman on his second term, he said.<\/p>\n
Bonifacio Alejandrino, LP mayoral bet in Arayat and the victim\u2019s brother-in-law, said Penulliar, a retired policeman, was a Born-Again Christian lay leader and Panlilio’s coordinator among Born-Again Again Christian groups in the town.<\/p>\n
Panlilio, who is running for governor against reelectionist Gov. Lilia Pineda, condemned the attack, saying it was an \u201caffront to democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alejandrino said a witness identified one of the gunmen as \u201cKobing,\u201d reportedly a resident of San Juan Ba\u00f1o village, also in Arayat.<\/p>\n
Palomo said they have yet to establish if the attack was election-related.<\/p>\n
Alejandrino said some 10 LP supporters among civilians, incumbent and former village leaders in the town had been killed since 2012.<\/p>\n
Palomo said Penulliar was the second village leader killed in Arayat since January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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