ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Nov. 21, 2012) – Police arrested one of two gunmen who shot dead a collector of the Republic Biscuit Corporation in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
Police said a witness pointed to the suspect, who was a former marine soldier, as behind the Nov. 16 killing of Burlyn Romulo Justiniani.
The suspect denied involvement in the murder, but policemen recovered the bag of Justiniani in the house of the ex-soldier in Zamboanga City.
Two other men who were earlier arrested by the police on suspicion they were the assailants had been freed by authorities.
Justiniani was riding a motorcycle when shot at noontime by one of two assailants tailing him along Nunez Extension near the Ciudad Medical Hospital.
The gunmen took the victim’s bag containing an undetermined amount of money before escaping. Justiniani was rushed to the hospital, but security guards said the victim, who worked as a collector for Republic Biscuit Corporation, succumbed to his wounds.
Police said it recovered the motorcycle used by the gunmen in their escape in the village of Upper Calarian. It said robbery was likely motive of the killing. (Mindanao Examiner. Alvin Lardizabal)
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