Trece Martires vice mayor Lubigan laid to rest

Trece Martires, Cavite Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan was laid to rest on Sunday in the town's St. Jude Memorial Park, according to a Super Radyo dzBB report.

According to GMA News' Rocel Calderon, more than 3,000 family members and supporters attended the funeral of the slain government official.

A mass was held before the funeral march.

Paglilibing kay Trece Martirez City Vice Mayor Alexander Lubigan, dinagsa ng mahigit 3,000 tao. | via Rocel Calderon, GMA News

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) July 15, 2018

Lubigan was killed in an ambush on July 7, a day after he announced his intention to run for mayor in next year's elections.

He was the third local official to be killed in one week, after the assassinations of Tanauan City, Batangas Mayor Antonio Halili on July 2 and General Tinio, Nueva Ecija Mayor Ferdinand Bote on July 3.

Four days after Lubigan's murder, another vice mayor—Alrashid Mohammad Alih of Sapa-Sapa in Tawi-Tawi—was shot dead in Zamboanga City.

Authorities eye politics as the motive behind Lubigan's killing. — Anna Felicia Bajo/BM, GMA News