Saturday, December 27, 2003 (Philippines)

‘ARAY.’ This boy is one of the victims of 57 recorded firecracker incidents related to the holiday revelry from Dec. 14 to 26. (SUN.STAR FOTO/RUEL ROSILLO) A WOMAN was shot dead in her sleep, while two others were hurt by stray bullets in separate acts of violence in Cebu on Christmas Eve. Juvelyn Albacite was asleep with her husband and two daughters when bullets rained at 7 p.m. on their hut in Barangay Langin, Ronda, some 81 kilometers southwest of Cebu City. Bullets hit Albacite in the head and neck. She died on the spot. The rest of the household was spared. [full story]

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