Zambo Sur Town Mayor Shot Dead

Labangan town mayor Ukol Talumpa was shot dead at 11:20 am Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), airport security official said.

NAIA General Manager Jose Angel Honrado confirmed at a press conference that a municipal mayor of Labangan town, Zamboanga del Sur and three others were shot dead before noon Friday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Reports said that Mayor Ukol Talumpa of Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur was shot at the arrival area of NAIA Terminal 3 around 11:20 a.m.

In 2010, Talumpa was wounded when a motorcycle-riding gunmen shot him and his nephew in Manila. In 2012, Talumpa, then vice mayor, survived assassination attempt after a grenade attack in Pagadian City.

Col. Louila Bayang, an airport security official confirmed the shooting incident.