Man shot dead after defending woman from bag snatcher in Batangas

Delfin Mallari Jr. 05/27/2023

LUCENA CITY — A man was shot and killed by an unidentified bag snatcher after he defended a woman from becoming a victim in Balayan town in Batangas province on Friday night, May 26. The victim, Ariel…

Another gun attack kills Cotabato student

Edwin O. Fernandez - @inquirerdotnet 02/16/2023

PIKIT, Cotabato, Philippines —The municipal government here on Wednesday ordered a three-day suspension of classes at all levels here following the shooting of three high school students on their way home on Monday, the latest in a…

San Remigio cops told: Get suspects in shooting of policeman, who was trying to stop a fight

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 12/05/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The policemen of the San Remigio Police Station are ordered to do a fast investigation, to arrest, and to file a case against the people involved in the shooting and wounding of an…

Barili killing: Man shoots, hacks neighbor after drinking spree

Paul Lauro 12/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A man shot his 38-year-old drinking buddy and neighbor twice in the back and head, and then hacked the latter several times in the body killing him as the latter lay on the…

Japan ex-PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot while making a speech

Reuters 07/08/2022

NARA, Japan — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving leader, died on Friday after being shot while campaigning for a parliamentary election, public broadcaster NHK said. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with…

Shot grandmother, acted alone: police profile Texas gunman

05/25/2022

UVALDE, Texas — Before he opened fire in a Texas elementary school — killing 19 small children — teenager Salvador Ramos first shot his grandmother, officials said. The 18-year-old, who died when police tried to arrest him, was…

Drugs eyed in brutal killing of Carcar resident

Alven Marie A. Timtim and Paul Lauro 11/02/2020

SANTA CATALINA, NEGROS ORIENTAL, Philippines — Was the brutal killing of a Barangay Valladolid, Carcar City resident, who was shot and hacked dead on Sunday morning, November 1, 2020, a drug-related crime? This is one of the…

North Korea shot dead South Korean defector — officials

Agence France Presse 09/24/2020

SEOUL — North Korean soldiers shot dead a suspected South Korean defector at sea and burned his body as a coronavirus precaution after he was interrogated in the water over several hours, Seoul military officials said Thursday.…

2 men shot dead within 3 hours in Cebu City

Alven Marie Timtim 01/07/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two persons were shot dead by still unidentified assailants in a span of just three hours in Barangays Basak San Nicolas and Cogon Pardo, Cebu City this afternoon, January 7, 2020. Police identified…

Police say lawyer shot in Dumaguete received death threats

Florence Baesa 01/03/2020

Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental—Police Colonel Julian Entoma, director of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO), confirmed that the lawyer who was shot at his home’s premises on Friday morning, January 3, 2020, received death threats prior…

Farmer shot dead inside his home in Sibonga

Alven Marie A. Timtim 12/17/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A farmer was shot dead in his own home while his 12-year-old son was hiding in the other room in Barangay Bae, Sibonga town in southern Cebu  at past 8 p.m. on Monday,…

Man shot dead in Punta Princesa 

Alven Marie Timtim, Paul Lauro 12/03/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—A man identified as Emilio Cabudbud Pastor was found dead near a chapel in Sitio Tuburan, Barangay Punta Princesa here past 6 a.m. Tuesday, December 3, 2019. Police found the body of Cabudbud with a gunshot…

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