ALCALA—A municipal councilor here was gunned down Monday, but land dispute rather than politics is the suspected motive.

Killed was Juan Ablao, 55, a three-term municipal councilor.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) formed a joint team with agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group to investigate the crime.

Senior Superintendent Isagani Nerez, provincial police director, said he had instructed Chief Inspector Laurence Sison, the town police chief, to work closely with the group for the speedy solution of the killing.

Ablao was shot in the head by still unidentified suspects using a revolver of unknown caliber at the barangay plaza in San Pedro Apartado, just a few meters away from his residence.

Initial investigation by the police, however, ruled out politics as the motive. #