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KIDAPAWAN CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a construction engineer and wounded three others in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat province on Tuesday night.
Lt. Col. Rey Egos, Tacurong police chief, identified the slain victim as Joel Bastareche, of Barangay Poblacion in the area.
“He was declared dead on arrival at a local hospital,” Egos said in a phone interview.
Injured were Bastareche’s companions Abang Suizo and Alvin Monahan, 35, both of Barangay Buenaflor; and Romeo Jayme, 57, a tricycle driver.
Egos said the victims were onboard a tricycle driven by Jayme and were about to leave a resto-bar on the national highway when the gunmen on a motorbike arrived and opened fire at them.
Police found empty shells for caliber .45 pistol at the scene.
Egos said police probers are yet to establish the motive behind the incident. (PNA)
