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CAUGHT ON CAM: Fatal ambush on Cavite vice mayor

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Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1429642" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -- Security footage obtained from ABS-CBN sources on Sunday shows the fatal ambush on Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan of Cavite province, the third city official killed in less than a week.</p><p>The video shows Lubigan and 4 companions getting into a sports utility vehicle outside the Korean-Philippines Hospital in his town on Saturday afternoon.</p><p>Unidentified gunmen aboard another SUV then opened fire on Lubigan&#x27;s vehicle, which maneuvered forward but rammed into an oncoming car.</p><p>The assailants&#x27; SUV sped away as Lubigan&#x27;s vehicle moved back to its initial position.</p><p>The 44-year-old Lubigan, who was in the passenger seat, died on the spot. His bodyguard was also killed.</p><p>“Nagko-conduct tayo ng review ng CCTV para ma-trace ang suspect. Iniikutan din namin ang mga lugar na posibleng puntahan nila,” said Supt. Reynan Patam, acting chief of the Trece Martires police.</p><p>(We are conducting a review of the CCTV to trace the suspect. We are patrolling the areas where they could have gone.)</p><p>Lubigan&#x27;s remains were awaiting autopsy at the Valdez Funeral Homes in the city. His family, staff members and supporters spent the night there on Saturday.</p><p>The Lubigan family declined an interview. They would give a statement at the proper time, said the vice mayor&#x27;s younger brother Kim.</p><p>Lubigan&#x27;s 2 other bodyguards, who were seated at the back of the SUV survived the attack, but one of them is still in critical condition.</p><p>Police were not aware of any threats to the vice mayor’s life before his assassination, said Patam.</p><p>The Cavite police has formed a special investigation task group to look into the killing.</p><p>Lubigan&#x27;s death followed the slay of 2 mayors in Batangas and Nueva Ecija earlier this week.</p><p>Tanauan Mayor Antonio Halili of Batangas was shot dead last Monday during a flag ceremony. The gunman was supposedly perched on a grassy area near the crime scene.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/focus/07/02/18/caught-on-camera-moments-after-batangas-town-mayor-gunned-down">Caught on camera: Moments after Batangas town mayor gunned down</a></li></ul><p>General Tinio Mayor Ferdinand Bote of Nueva Ecija was shot at close range by unidentified gunmen a day after.</p>

<p>Security footage obtained from ABS-CBN sources on Sunday shows the fatal ambush on Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan of Cavite province, the third city official killed in less than a week.</p>

Security footage obtained from ABS-CBN sources on Sunday shows the fatal ambush on Trece Martires Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan of Cavite province, the third city official killed in less than a week.

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CAUGHT ON CAM: Fatal ambush on Cavite vice mayor

Anjo Bagaoisan,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 08, 2018 08:55 AM PHT

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Updated July 08, 2018 10:07 AM PHT

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