Sunday, February 7, 2016

Riding in tandem gunmen shoot Tawi-Tawi town mayor

From the Philippine News Agency (Feb 7): Riding in tandem gunmen shoot Tawi-Tawi town mayor

The police are conducting a thorough probe aimed to unmask the gunmen behind the shooting and wounding of a Tawi-Tawi town mayor in this city on Sunday morning.

Supt. Dioamarie Albarico, Police Station 11 chief, identified the victim as Mayor Jasper Que of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi.

Albarico said Que was shot at around 9 a.m. Sunday along San Jose Road, Barangay Baliwasan, 3.5 kilometers west of City Hall.

Que was aboard his Sports Utility Vehicle on the way to the city proper when fired upon by one of two men riding tandem on a motorcycle upon reaching the vicinity of the Baliwasan Central School.

Albarico said the suspects sped away and Que was rushed to the hospital for treatment.

He said Que is now on stable condition “while on recovering stage.”

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=854774

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