Three people have been arrested over the murder of Philippine provincial governor and eight others, authorities say, adding another suspect was killed in shoot-out
Authorities believed they were still other suspects on the island after ports were closed to prevent their escape, Police spokesperson said.
A fourth suspect was killed in a shootout in a plantation on Saturday night, police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Pelare told journalists. At least six gunmen armed with rifles and wearing military-style uniforms opened fire in the governor's home in Pamplona municipality in the central province of Negros Oriental.
Negros Oriental is one of two provinces on Negros island, which is the centre of the nation's sugar industry and home to some of the country's wealthiest landowners as well as some of its poorest farm workers.
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