PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 3, 2014) – An unidentified gunman shot dead a Filipino missionary worker and wounded another in an attack in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Thursday.
Police said the duo – Hilarion Amoguis, 56, and Salvino Sakasan, 56 – were attacked in the village called Mahayag in Dimataling town. Amoguis was killed in the shooting while Sakasan survived the attack and had been rushed to hospital by a villager after the gunman fled.
The victims, who work for the Missionary of Kingdom of Jesus Christ, were residents of Lumbo village in Bukidnon’s Valencia town. They were waiting for their vehicle when the gunman arrived and without warning opened fire on the missionaries, according to the police.
Police said the gunman used a .45-caliber pistol in the attack. The motive of the shooting is still unknown and police said it is investigating the attack. No individual claimed responsibility for the shooting. (Mindanao Examiner)
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