ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Dec. 22, 2008) – A motorcycle gunman shot dead the driver of a passenger jeep in an attack Monday in the southern Filipino port city of Zamboanga, police said.
Police said the victim, Hamja Hassan, was shot in the head inside his jeep while parked in the coastal Roseller T. Lim Boulevard at around 6.30 p.m. A witness said he saw one of two motorcycle gunmen slowed down near the jeep and without warning shot the driver.
‘I saw the man shot the driver once and then they escaped on their motorcycle,” the witness told a reporter of the Radio Mindanao Network, who was at the scene.
The motive of the attack was unknown, but summary killings were not uncommon in Zamboanga City, where many had been killed in the past. The police said it is still investigating the murder. (Mindanao Examiner)
Police said the victim, Hamja Hassan, was shot in the head inside his jeep while parked in the coastal Roseller T. Lim Boulevard at around 6.30 p.m. A witness said he saw one of two motorcycle gunmen slowed down near the jeep and without warning shot the driver.
‘I saw the man shot the driver once and then they escaped on their motorcycle,” the witness told a reporter of the Radio Mindanao Network, who was at the scene.
The motive of the attack was unknown, but summary killings were not uncommon in Zamboanga City, where many had been killed in the past. The police said it is still investigating the murder. (Mindanao Examiner)
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