CRIME SCENE. The eatery where Aniceto Rasalan was shot dead on Monday along Notre Dame Avenue. The city official was having breakfast when approached by the gunmen who shot him at close range. (Photo courtesy of Rasul Ismael)
COTABATO CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead the spokesperson of the Cotabato City government while taking his breakfast at a roadside eatery here Monday morning.
Rolen Balquin, chief of the Cotabato City Public Safety Office, said Aniceto Rasalan, 58, secretary of Cotabato City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi, was shot while taking his breakfast at the Se Hua Carinderia along Notre Dame Avenue, Cotabato City at past 7 a.m.
“Rasalan was alone when shot dead," Balquin said.
Balquin said Rasalan was shot in the head by two motorcycle-riding men. He was declared dead on arrival at the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center.
Rasalan, a former journalist, survived an attempt against his life in 2015. He was driving a van heading for work when two men onboard a motorbike came close to the driver’s side and shot him. He was hit in the face in the July 2015 shooting. (PNA)
