Friday, March 4, 2022

Gun attack injures town exec in Basilan

From the Philippine News Agency (Mar 4, 2022): Gun attack injures town exec in Basilan (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)



A municipal official in one of the towns in Basilan has been shot and wounded in Lamitan City, the police reported Friday.

Maj. Nurhaib Bungkac, Lamitan police chief, identified the victim as Anwar Halik, 48, the municipal administrator of Tuburan, Basilan.

Bungkac said the incident occurred around 7 p.m. Thursday in Sitio Nawasa, Barangay Maganda, Lamitan City.


He said Halik was closing his store when a gunman repeatedly shot the town official.

Halik was rushed and admitted to the Lamitan District Hospital for treatment.

Bungkac said responding policemen have recovered six spent shells from a .45-caliber pistol when they arrived at the crime scene.

An investigation is ongoing to determine the motive and establish the identity of the gunman, he said.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1169053

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