Third journalist killed in a week
06/21/2010 Gunmen shot dead a 50-year-old newspaper reporter in southern Philippines at the weekend, the third journalist slain in a week, police yesterday said. Nestor Dedolido was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital after two men on a motorcycle shot him at close range outside a bar he owned in the southern city of Digos in Davao del Sur province on Saturday night, police said in an incident report. Dedolido was a reporter for Kastigador, a weekly allegedly financed by a group of politicians and his death may have been related to his work, police said. “I believe the killing of my father is politically motivated. There is a politician involved,” Dedolido’s son, Marxlen Dedolido, 22, told reporters without elaborating. The Philippines is considered one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. Broadcaster Desidario Camangyan, 52, was shot dead by a gunman who walked onstage as the victim hosted a village singing contest in the southern province of Davao Oriental on Monday. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100621hed5.html |
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