PAGADIAN City—IPs representative Rio “Bobby” Atiga
Lingating escaped death after ambushed by unidentified armed men Wednesday,
July 10 at Purok Curvada, Dao here, said police in a report.
Timoay Langhap Lingating, 47, and a resident in
this place is an Indigenous People Mandatory Representative to the city
council, this city.
The report said the victims (with his driver) were
onboard an Estrada vehicle on their way to Davao City when unidentified armed
men suddenly appeared fronting the victim’s resident and fired the former several
times.
Lingating was not hit while his driver suffered
minor injuries due to broken wind shield. The suspects fled after the incident.
Police operatives are investigating the incident to
establish the motive of the shooting and the identity of the suspects.
