
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 19, 2013) – Police said 2 people were wounded on Friday after gunmen strafed a thatched house in the town of Lakewood in Zamboanga del Sur province.
Insp. Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said at least 5 gunmen were involved in the attack that occurred in Purok 10 that wounded Junnifer Ungang, 33; and Jordan Lagud, 14. Their companion Marlon Aquino, 56, was unharmed.
He said the gunmen were armed with M16 automatic rifles and escaped after the strafing. The victims were rushed to the hospital in the town of Margosatubig.
The motive of the attack is still unknown, but Huesca said the local police are investigating the shooting. (Mindanao Examiner)