Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Assassins shot woman trader in Dao

PAGADIAN CITY: Gunmen riding in tandem shot and critically wounded a furniture shop owner here last Friday, police said.

Police named the victim as Helen Carbajosa, 58.

Carbajosa was said to be talking to her cousin Arturo when gunmen attacked her at Purok Curvada in Dao.

Carbajosa’s cousin was unhurt in the shooting while the businesswoman was rushed to the hospital.

Policemen investigating the case said the motive of the attack is still unknown.

In more news, a fisherman suspected as a dynamite fisher was injured in an explosion in the nearby Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay.

PRO-Zampen OIC information officer Insp. Dahlan Samuddin said the incident took place last Sunday in Kalintana, Naga, Zambosibugay.

Samuddin identified the victim as Hajirin Jainal, who was brought to the hospital for multiple injuries.

Samuddin said Jainal tried to grab the dynamite his son, Adhar, was dangerously playing with.

However, the police official said it was too late since the dynamite suddenly exploded as it was already lighted when he seized it from his son's possession.