A military personnel carrier in Isabela City in Basilan province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
BASILAN PROVINCE (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 9, 2013) – Police said a man was shot and killed in an attack by a lone assailant in Isabela City in Basilan province in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao.
It said the attacker gunned down Carlo Lota along Roxas Avenue. Lota was shot in the face and neck and was instantly killed.
The gunman escaped after the shooting and police are still investigating the killing and who was behind the murder of the motive of the attack.
Police did not release any background about the victim except that Lota was resident of Calle Onse in the city’s East Side village.
Gun attacks and killings are not uncommon in Isabela City and many murder cases remain unsolved up to now. (Mindanao Examiner)
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