ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines (Mindanao / May 11, 2008) – Police launched a manhunt for a gunman who killed a senior government revenue officer in a daring broad daylight attack in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province.
Officials said policemen were hunting down the suspect in the murder of Lolita Molina, who was shot Friday in downtown Pagadian. The 54-year old executive of the Bureau of Internal Revenue was gunned as she disembarked from a motorcycle taxi.
The gunman fled after the killing. The motive of the killing is still unknown, but the woman’s family claimed she was receiving death threats before the attack. It was unclear whether the murder was connected to her work or not.
Hired killers operate in Pagadian City and there had been dozens of unsolved killings the past years. Pagadian is home to many regional government agencies after Manila ordered their transfer several years from Zamboanga City in the tip of western Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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