Sunday, May 27, 2007

Woman Killed In Broad Daylight Attack In South RP

DAVAO DEL NORTE (Mindanao Examiner / 27 May) – A motorcycle gunman shot dead a young woman in a broad daylight attack in Panabo City in the southern Filipino province of Davao del Norte, police said Sunday.

Police said Venus Maquiran was heading for work on her motorcycle when the gunman drive by the side and shot her in the head. She was killed instantly.

The attack, police said, occurred Friday. The gunman escaped after the shooting.

No individual claimed responsibility for the attack and police said it is still investigating the killing.

Extra-judicial killing is common in the dangerous region of the southern Philippines, where murder can be contracted for as low as one hundred dollars.
(Romy Bwaga)

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