Zambo cop killed inside bus

PAGADIAN CITY – Three gunmen shot dead a policeman inside a bus while travelling in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said Saturday.

Officials said Master Sergeant Chito Lagahit was on his way to work in Baliguian town from Dipolog City when the attack occurred late Friday afternoon. The gunmen posed as passengers and seated near him when when they shot Lagahit. 

Major Helen Galvez, a regional police spokeswoman, said an investigation was launched to determine the motive of the murder and the identities of the killers. “The Baliguian municipal police station is conducting a thorough investigation to possibly identify, locate and arrest the suspects,” she said.

Galvez said the gunmen also fired at the front of the bus and warned terrified passengers not to panic before escaping. “The suspects also fired shots toward the direction of the driver hitting the front windshield and uttered words in Visayan dialect - Ayaw lang mo ka panic kay isa ra amua tuyo.” (Don’t panic. We are only after this one.)

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the killing and it was unknown whether communist rebels or guns for hire were behind the murder. The police did not elaborate on Lagahit’s background. (Zamboanga Post)

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