ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Nov) – Police on Wednesday have implicated a government soldier as allegedly behind the murder of a Chinese trader in Zamboanga City.
Police said the soldier was linked to the Oct. 26 killing of Mawang Huang by the wife of a dismissed soldier who was earlier captured here in a raid on his hideout. The captured man was also allegedly involved in the killing.
Huang, who owns three cell phone stores here, was shot in downtown Zamboanga and police said robbery was the likely motive for the attack.
Police did not release the name of the soldier, but local media reports, quoting unnamed police officials, identified him only as Abas, who is assigned in Lanao del Norte province.
The reports could not be independently confirmed. Police mounted a massive manhunt for the suspect. More than a dozen people, including policemen and soldiers, had been killed in a spate of gun attacks here the past weeks blamed by authorities to the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group.
It was unknown whether the soldier or his group was involved in other killings. More than 200 people had been killed in a series of gun attacks in Zamboanga City the past four years.
Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat has offered P50,000 rewards for anyone who can help authorities solve the string of murders, but the bounty was too small compared to the P43 million intelligence fund the local government has, his critics say.
Local traders have expressed alarm over the unabated killings. (Mindanao Examiner)
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