ZAMBOANGA CITY – A member of the Philippine Marines was killed in a daring attack at the port area in Isabela City in the restive province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao, police said Friday.
Police said Corporal Jhun Rey Lauriaga, assigned with the 49th Marine Battalion Landing Team, was with his wife when the assailant shot in the head and escaped after the Thursday morning attack. Lauriaga, who was on a break, died on the spot while the woman escaped unhurt.
An initial police report has linked a former lover of Lauriaga’s wife as behind the killing and that police launched a manhunt in an effort to capture the criminal. It was unknown how the assailant managed to pass through the security at the pier and escaped after the shooting which occurred near a maritime police base.
Police said the 25-year old soldier was assigned in Tawi-Tawi, also in the autonomous region. The Philippine Marines and the governor of Basilan Jim Saliman and the mayor of Isabela, Al-Qaid Akbar have not released any statement on the killing or the lax security at the port area. (Mindanao Examiner)
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