Photo of Vicente Paglinawan, PAKISAMA vice president, slain by unidentified gunmen

Members of Akbayan party list group condemned the killing in Davao City on Saturday of a leader of one of their affiliated peasant group in Mindanao.

Vicente Paglinawan, vice president of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (PAKISAMA) in Mindanao, was shot dead by unidentified men Saturday night.

Reports said Paglinawan as on his way home in Malabaog in Paquibato District when he was shot while he bought something from a store. He was shot twice in the head.

Paglinawan was also section chair of Akbayan in his area.

Akbayan said that Paglinawan did not receive any death threat and had no enemies. The group said they believe that this is another case of a “political killing”

Paglinawan is reportedly the fifth activist leader killed in Mindanao this year and the second in Davao City after the murder of farmer-leader Celso Pojas of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas last May. With a report from Vina Araneta, ABS-CBN Davao City