Monday, September 15, 2008

Three Killed In Violence In Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / September 15, 2008) – Unresolved murders continue in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines as a trader fell victim on Monday, barely a day after gunmen also killed a man on a village here.

Police said Abtahil Abdul, 25, was killed early Monday in front of church in the village of Tumaga. Abdul, a market stall owner, was shot in the head and died instantly.

Gunmen also shot dead Eric Salvador, 38, late Sunday in Santa Maria village and police said it is investigating both killings. Several people had been killed the past weeks and the murders remained unsolved.

In Zamboanga del Sur province, a college freshman Anelyn Secovia, was also killed on Friday in the town of Dumingag, police said.

It said Secovia’s body which bore stab wounds, was discovered at a coconut plantation. It was not immediately known whether she was raped or not. (Erico Rosco)

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