(Eagle News) — The police have launched dragnet operations against those behind the ambush of Balaoan, La Union Mayor Aleli Concepcion and her father, Vice Mayor Alfred Concepcion on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
The attack that took place in Barangay Antonino at 8:22 a.m., according to Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde, left the vice mayor and his aide, Michael Ulep, dead.
The Balaoan mayor, for her part, survived the attack and is being treated in the hospital.
“I have directed the Regional Director of PRO-1, Chief Superintendent Romulo Sapitula to extend all possible assistance to the Concepcion family even as I assure them of the availability of PNP resources personnel for a speedy and thorough investigation of this incident,” Albayalde said.
The Palace, for its part, vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice, as it strongly condemned the incident.
