PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 2, 2014) – Motorcycle gunmen shot and wounded a tricycle driver in an attack in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said.
Police said the 24-year Jezrel Caraca was shot in the neck as he drove his way home in the village of Dumagoc. The gunmen, who tailed him, fled after the shooting thinking they had killed Caraca.
Caraca was rushed to hospital and police launched an investigation into the shooting. Police also recovered in the area a bullet casing fired from a .45-caliber pistol. Gun attacks and killings are frequent in Pagadian City where hired killers are actively operating. (Mindanao Examiner)
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