Police urged to swiftly solve journalist’s killing
The Kapisanan ng mga Broadcaster sa Pilipinas (KBP) chapter in Butuan City has asked police authorities to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation on the killing of Gerry Campos, a broadcaster-turned-municipal councilor who was stabbed to death in Marihatag town in Surigao del sur last Saturday, December 6.
Campos was fatally stabbed Saturday morning while walking near a gasoline station by a 42-year-old suspect who was arrested later in the day in pursuit operations by police authorities.
The motive for the killing, however, remains unclear.
“We are deeply saddened and outraged by this senseless act of violence. Gerry’s untimely death is not only a tragic loss to his family and friends but also to the media community and the public he served with dedication,” the KBP-Butuan City Chapter said in a statement Saturday night.
Before he was elected as municipal councilor, Campos had served as director of the Radio Mindanao Network and manager of Radyo Serbato in Butuan City.
Shooting incident causes 6-hour blackout
A stray bullet fired from a shooting incident hit a power transmission line and caused a six-hour blackout across the entire Cotabato City and parts of Maguindanao del Norte Sunday night, December 7.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said electricity was restored at 12:57 am Monday morning.
Police said the bullet was fired by unidentified gunmen who also shot and killed a security guard near a NGCP facility in Barangay Crossing Simuay town.
Terrorist killed in Satan village
Army soldiers killed an alleged leader of a faction of the Dawlah Islamiya terror group in a clash in Maguindanao del Sur Sunday, December 7.
Brigadier General Edgar Catu, commander of the 601st Infantry Brigader, said Ustadz Mohammad Usman Solaiman, the alleged leader of the Dawlah Ismiya-Hassan Group, was killed in a clash with soldiers in Barangay Satan, Shariff Aguak town.
Catu said Solaiman, reportedly a bomb expert, was a relative of Abdul Basit Usman, a well-known terrorist who was also killed by soldiers in nearby Guindulungan town in 2015.
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