Navy officer shot dead in Zamboanga City
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines — A Philippine Navy officer based in this city was shot dead by two men riding in tandem on a motorcycle at around 7:51 p.m. on Sunday, May 12, on Veterans Road near the exit of the Zamboanga City Medical Center here.
Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup, director of the Zamboanga Peninsula Police Regional Office (PRO-9), identified the victim as Cmdr. Nestor Tenorio Yapit, 53, a native of Pamplona, Cavite City. He was assigned as provost marshal at the Western Mindanao Command.
Yapit died even before he could reach the nearby hospital, Licup said.
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As of this writing, police were still investigating the motive for the killing.
(Editor: Alexander T. Magno)
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