ZAMBOANGA CITY –
A lone gunman shot and killed two people and wounded a village chieftain in an
attack in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said
Friday.
Police said the
victims Jose Samosa, 48, and Margarita Banguanga, 53, were both killed in the
shooting that also wounded the woman’s husband, Carmelo – the village chieftain
of Cayamcam in Tungawan town, just outside Zamboanga City.
Chief
Superintendent Miguel Antonio, the regional police chief, has ordered an
investigation into the attack which occurred late Thursday.
He said the victims
were resting on the porch of Banguanga’s house when the gunman arrived and
without warning opened fire on the group.
Police
investigators also recovered at least 5 spent shells of .45-caliber pistol from
the area
No individual
claimed responsibility for the attack and police were investigating the motive
of the killings. “There is an ongoing investigation into the attack,” Antonio
said.
Just last month,
unidentified gunmen also killed the town’s mayor Randy Climaco in
an ambush near the village of Batungan. Climaco, a seasoned politician, was
heading to the town’s center when gunmen ambushed his truck that also wounded 6
others travelling with him.
Climaco, who was running for vice mayor in the town in next
year’s polls, just filed his candidacy. It was not immediately known whether
the latest attack was connected to politics or not. (Mindanao Examiner)
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