PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 18, 2013) – A village official and a woman were shot and wounded in separate attacks in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Sunday.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said Jacinta Sabang, 57, was shot inside her house in the town of Lapuyan.
He said the woman was peeling corn when the gunman barged in the house and opened fire with a homemade shotgun and fled after the attack.
Jacinta was rushed to hospital in nearby town of Margosatubig.
Huesca said a motorcycle gunman also shot and wounded Tata Borgonia, a councillor in the village of Lower Timonan in Dumingag town.
He said the victim was driving his motorcycle with two others when attacked by the gunman, who was tailing him.
Both attacks were being investigated by the police, according to Huesca. (Mindanao Examiner)
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