ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Marines was killed
in a daring attack at the port area in Isabela City in the restive province of
Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao, police said Friday.
Police said Corporal Jhun Rey Lauriaga,
assigned with the 49th Marine Battalion Landing Team, was with his
wife when the assailant shot in the head and escaped after the Thursday morning
attack. Lauriaga, who was on a break, died on the spot while the woman escaped
unhurt.
An initial police report has linked a former
lover of Lauriaga’s wife as behind the killing and that police launched a
manhunt in an effort to capture the criminal. It was unknown how the assailant
managed to pass through the security at the pier and escaped after the shooting
which occurred near a maritime police base.
Police said the 25-year old soldier was assigned in
Tawi-Tawi, also in the autonomous region. The Philippine
Marines and the governor of Basilan Jim Saliman and the mayor of Isabela,
Al-Qaid Akbar have not released any statement on the killing or the lax
security at the port area. (Mindanao Examiner)
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