Police and members of the Philippine Marines have launched
here a manhunt against two men who shot dead a Christian preacher on Monday
afternoon.
Senior Inspector Merlee Glemao, Upi town police chief, said
police investigators have gathered witnesses' accounts for the artist's
sketches of two men who shot dead David Severo, pastor of Holy Life Church
Severo, 60 years old, was killed on the spot when two men
armed with .45 caliber pistols opened fire on him as he was standing in front
of his family owned roadside vegetable and rice store.
Glemao said the police have the identities of possible
perpetrators. "We are still gathering statements from relatives and
witnesses," she said.
Severo's family owns a small farm along a stretch of the Cotabato-North Upi Highway
Upi Mayor Ramon Piang condemned the murder of Severo, his
personal friend.
He has ordered the local police and barangay officials in
Kibukay to work together to give justice to the fallen religious leader.
Meanwhile, in Pikit, North Cotabato ,
a village chair survived a daytime grenade attack in his home in Barangay
Pamalian.
Village chair Mama Kungkong said he has no known enemies nor
he was involved in illegal drugs. "It could be a harassment from lawless elements
or illegal drug peddlers because I campaigned hard against them in my
village," Kungkong told reporters.
Kungkong was inside his home when the grenade exploded. Two
men on board a motorbike was seen speeding away.
Police have launched manhunt and established more
checkpoints in crime prone villages of Pikit, a conflict-affected town in North Cotabato where illegal drugs and loose firearms
proliferate.
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