Habal driver gunned down

A 35-YEAR-OLD habal-habal driver was waylaid by motorcycle-riding gunmen in barangay Gunting, Barili town, southwest Cebu.

Jemar Alegado was transporting a female passenger when he was attacked at around 8 a.m. Thursday.

Police said two men onboard a motorcycle drove beside Alegado and one of them opened fire.

Alegado’s motorcycle crashed. He was about to get up and run but the gunmen chased him and finished him off by shooting him in the head.

Alegado’s passenger sustained gunpowder burns in the left arm.

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