PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 17, 2013) – Police have launched an investigation into the murder of two women in Pagadian City in southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.
Officials said the bodies were left on a road in the village of Poloyagan. Both women, whose identities remain unknown, were shot behind their right ear and that police recovered two bullet casing of .45-caliber pistol not far from the bodies.
The ages of the women were believed between 18-20 years old. The bodies were brought to Gamalinda Funeral Homes in Tuburan village and are still unclaimed. The motive of the twin killings is still unknown.
Just this month, gunmen also killed a teenager and wounded her sister in an attack in downtown Pagadian.
The two sisters – Sarah Jane Malagar, 16, and Jane Rose Malagar, 18, – were just standing in front of a bar when the gunmen stopped in front of them and without any warning shot the duo.
The assailants escaped after the shooting. Jane Rose died before she could reach the hospital. The motive of the attack is still unknown and no witness has come forward to help police in the investigation.
Gun attacks are not uncommon in Pagadian City, the center of the regional government agencies in Western Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
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