DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) - Suspected leftist rebels shot and killed a policeman in southern Philippines on Thursday, police officials said on Friday. Police Officer Judil Chavez died upon arrival at a local hospital after being attacked by four armed members of the New People's Army in Maco town, in Mindanao region's Compostela Valley province, Senior
Superintendent Aaron Aquino, provincial police chief, told Xinhua. Aquino said the victim had just dropped off his son at an elementary school in Poblacion village when the assailants appeared and shot him several times in the head and body past 0700 a.m. local time before fleeing onboard two motorcycles. "He had received threats from the rebels as he used to work as an intelligence officer of the Maco (municipal) police station, before he was promoted to warrant officer,"Aquino said, adding that the victim's service pistol was still tucked in his waist when responding lawmen found his body. The police official said an investigation and manhunt operations against the assailants are now being conducted
