ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 5, 2008) – An unidentified gunman shot dead Friday a senior official of the state-run Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in Zamboanga City.
Village officials identified the victim as Arnold Pimentel, the administrator of the regional TESDA training center here. Pimentel was driving his vehicle when the gunman shot him in the head at around 7.45 a.m. The assailant escaped on motorcycle after the shooting.
TESDA is an agency under the Department of Education responsible for managing and supervising technical education and skills development in the Philippines.
The motive of the attack was unknown, but the rising cases of unsolved murders and crimes in Zamboanga City have worried residents. Authorities continue to downplay the incidents and had tagged previous killings as isolated and blamed the proliferation of illegal weapons to the rising criminalities.
Just last month, gunmen also shot dead an employee of an Internet café here and shot and wounded several more in previous attacks.
In July, two motorcycle gunmen also killed a ship owner, Faustino Saavedra, in Zamboanga City. Saavedra’s family owns the Ever Lines Shipping Company.
Motorcycle gunmen also shot dead Ibno Yusop, president of the Sangali-Bolong Drivers Association, in an attack in Zamboanga City in July. (Mindanao Examiner)
Village officials identified the victim as Arnold Pimentel, the administrator of the regional TESDA training center here. Pimentel was driving his vehicle when the gunman shot him in the head at around 7.45 a.m. The assailant escaped on motorcycle after the shooting.
TESDA is an agency under the Department of Education responsible for managing and supervising technical education and skills development in the Philippines.
The motive of the attack was unknown, but the rising cases of unsolved murders and crimes in Zamboanga City have worried residents. Authorities continue to downplay the incidents and had tagged previous killings as isolated and blamed the proliferation of illegal weapons to the rising criminalities.
Just last month, gunmen also shot dead an employee of an Internet café here and shot and wounded several more in previous attacks.
In July, two motorcycle gunmen also killed a ship owner, Faustino Saavedra, in Zamboanga City. Saavedra’s family owns the Ever Lines Shipping Company.
Motorcycle gunmen also shot dead Ibno Yusop, president of the Sangali-Bolong Drivers Association, in an attack in Zamboanga City in July. (Mindanao Examiner)
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