PAGADIAN CITY – An unidentified gunman shot dead a Muslim army officer in an attack outside a hospital in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur.
The victim, Major Ibno Hassan, was killed after being shot repeatedly while buying food for his sick child in the village of San Pedro. Hassan was not in uniform when shot by the gunman.
The attack occurred at the time there was a power outage in the village. The gunmen escaped after the shooting.
Hassan’s body was transported by a military plane to his hometown in Sulu province and would be buried immediately in accordance to his religion.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the killing, but initial police investigation said the murder may be connected to a clan war or family feud, although the report is not conclusive.
Hassan’s family did not issue any statement, but the victim was a former member of the Moro National Liberation Front integrated into the military after the rebel group headed by Nur Misuari signed a peace deal with Manila in 1996. (E. Duma)
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