AN ENGINEER of a construction firm undertaking a government project was killed in a gun attack in Basilan province, the police said Wednesday, December 12.

Senior Inspector Arnold Espares, Isabela City police chief for investigation, identified the victim as engineer Elvin Sabdulla, 44, who succumbed to eight gunshot wounds.

Espares said that Sabdulla was shot and killed around 10 a.m. Wednesday in Cabunbata village, Isabela City, the capital of Basilan.

He said Sabdulla, a resident of Balas, Lamitan City, was a project engineer of the Triple H Construction Firm that is implementing a government road construction project in Isabela City.

The police official said Sabdulla was inspecting the road construction project when repeatedly shot by one of two men riding on a motorcycle that passed by the project site.

The suspects sped off towards the direction of Lantawan municipality after the incident, he added.

He said that eight empty shells of caliber .45 pistol were recovered at the crime scene. (SunStar Philippines)