Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Police identify Tawi-Tawi broadcaster slay suspect (12 p.m.)
By Bong Garcia
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) Police Office have already identified the gunman behind the ambush-slay of the state-run broadcaster in the province of Tawi-Tawi.
Two other people, including another staff of the Philippine Broadcast Service’ dxDC-Radyo ng Bayan-Tawi-Tawi, were wounded during the incident last Monday in the town of Bongao.
Armm Police Director Joel Goltiao said the gunman is identified as Nur Suang, who is also implicated in previous shooting incident.
Goltiao said the manhunt continue in the towns of Bongao, the province’ capital, and in nearby island municipality of Sanga-Sanga where the suspect is believed to be hiding.
Vicente Sumalpong, 36, the production supervisor of dxDC, died from multiple gunshot wounds while his co-broadcaster, Vema Antham, 40 and nephew, Roilan Borja, were wounded when during the ambush. |
