TERESA, Rizal Mayor Raul S. Palino cheated death after surviving an ambush by unidentified gunmen in the municipality on Monday but his driver and bodyguard were wounded.
Col. Renato Alba, Rizal PNP provincial director, identified the injured as Ruel Santos, 44, the bodyguard; and Joel Balajadia, 38, the driver, who are under observation at the St. Theresa hospital due to gunshot wounds.
Palino was unharmed.
Palino is in the narco list of President Duterte.
Several spent ammunition from undetermined type of firearms were recovered at the scene, according to Alba.
Investigation showed that Palino, aboard a Toyota Hi Ace driven by Balajadia, was traveling on E. Rodriguez Ave., Barangay Poblacion on his way home when he was attacked.
Several armed men blocked the vehicle and fired shots before fleeing on foot towards Antipolo. — Christian Oineza