Two ex-soldiers among three held over shooting of Philippine governor and Marcos ally (update)

The Philippines' Special Action Force guarding the municipal hall in the Pamplona municipality in Negros Oriental province on Sunday, March 5, 2023, a day after a mass shooting in Pamplona. - AFP

PAMPLONA, Philippines, March 5, 2023 (AFP): Three people have been arrested over the murder of a Philippine provincial governor and eight others, authorities said Sunday, adding another suspect was killed in a shoot-out.

Seventeen people were also wounded in the audacious attack on Saturday in the sugarcane-growing heartland of the Philippines.