
BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / May 29, 2012) – Police mounted a massive search for a gunman who shot dead a village chieftain on Tuesday in the southern Philippine province of Basilan .
Police tagged Tuku Gapor as the suspect in the killing of Deen Dabo, the village chieftain of Etub-Etub in Sumisip town.
Gapor allegedly attacked the victim inside his house in Isabela City , also in Basilan, one of the five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region.
Police said family feud could be the motive of the killing. Gapor escaped after the shooting. (Mindanao Examiner)