BASILAN – An unidentified gunman shot dead the civil registrar officer of Isabela City in a daring broad daylight attack Thursday in the troubled province of Basilan in southern Philippines.
Jordan Juaini was killed in the village called Eastside just several meters away from a police checkpoint. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the murder and the motive to the killing remains unknown.
Gun attacks and extrajudicial killings are not uncommon in Isabela or Basilan, one of 5 provinces under the restive Muslim autonomous region. There was no immediate statement from the local mayor or provincial governor over the spate of killings.
The murder occurred while the whole of southern Philippines is under an extended state of martial rule due to terrorism, rebellion and criminality. (Mindanao Examiner)
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