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Date: 2022-08-14 07:40:39 | Author: PeraPlay | Views: 91837 | Iloilo

The former mayor of a Philippines city was killed during a shooting at a university graduation ceremony on Sunday.Rose Furigay, the former mayor of the southern Lamitan city, was attending her daughter’s graduation at the law school of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City when the shooting took place, leaving her and two others dead.Those killed include a campus security officer and an unidentified male, the police said.Two people were injured, including Furigay’s daughter whose condition is now stable, officials added.“We are quite distraught and bereaved by this occurrence,” Joy Belmonte, the mayor of a local government unit, told AFP.RecommendedParkland school shooting: Footage shows Nikolas Cruz in McDonald's after attackMyanmar executes activists in first capital punishment after nearly 30 yearsMyanmar genocide case to go ahead as UN court says it has jurisdictionThe suspect, identified as Chao Tiao Yumul, was injured in a shootout and was taken into custody after a car chase, said Quezon City police chief Remus Medina. He added that the killing appeared to be a targeted assassination of the former mayor.“He looks like he was a determined assassin,” he said, adding that law enforcement officials reportedly recovered two pistols from him. The suspect accused the mayor of being a “drug lord” and claimed that Furigay’s family had ordered three attacks on him.Police officers work at the scene after three people were killed in a shooting at Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, suburban Manila, on 24 July 2022

The former mayor of a Philippines city was killed during a shooting at a university graduation ceremony on Sunday.Rose Furigay, the former mayor of the southern Lamitan city, was attending her daughter’s graduation at the law school of Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City when the shooting took place, leaving her and two others dead.Those killed include a campus security officer and an unidentified male, the police said.Two people were injured, including Furigay’s daughter whose condition is now stable, officials added.“We are quite distraught and bereaved by this occurrence,” Joy Belmonte, the mayor of a local government unit, told AFP.RecommendedParkland school shooting: Footage shows Nikolas Cruz in McDonald's after attackMyanmar executes activists in first capital punishment after nearly 30 yearsMyanmar genocide case to go ahead as UN court says it has jurisdictionThe suspect, identified as Chao Tiao Yumul, was injured in a shootout and was taken into custody after a car chase, said Quezon City police chief Remus Medina. He added that the killing appeared to be a targeted assassination of the former mayor.“He looks like he was a determined assassin,” he said, adding that law enforcement officials reportedly recovered two pistols from him. The suspect accused the mayor of being a “drug lord” and claimed that Furigay’s family had ordered three attacks on him.Police officers work at the scene after three people were killed in a shooting at Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, suburban Manila, on 24 July 2022

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