Tawi-Tawi vice mayor killed in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A lone gunman shot dead the vice mayor of Sapa-Sapa town,Tawi-Tawi along the busy Governor Alvarez Street here at about 5:30 p.m. yesterday.

The police identified the victim as Alrasid Mohammad Alih

y Lipae. 53.

The police, citing witness accounts said the victim’s vehicle pulled to a stop on a red light along Gov. Alvarez street when the gunman approached the vehicle and shot him four times using what appears to be a caliber .45 pistol.

The gunman reportedly walked away casually towards the direction of funeral parlors.

The police said Alih had just come from the city proper and was en-route to the village of Tetuan together with his driver, a lady companion and a police escort when the incident happened.

Alih was rushed to the Zamboanga Doctors Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police authorities here immediately adopted stricter security measures to prevent another incident from happening.

Last Saturday, a gunman shot and killed a barangay kagawad and former Rotary Club president in this city. This was followed by the killing of a lady trader and wounding of her business partner, a policeman.