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Manhunt ordered for killers of New Zealand tourist in Makati

/ 05:14 AM February 23, 2023
Makati skyline. STORY: Manhunt ordered for killers of New Zealand tourist in Makati

The Makati skyline (File photo by ERNIE SARMIENTO / Philippine Daily Inquirer)

MANILA, Philippines — Maj. Gen. Jonnel Estomo, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office, ordered on Tuesday an investigation and manhunt against two men who shot dead a tourist from New Zealand in Makati City on Sunday.

In a report, Estomo said Nicholas Peter Stacey, 34, and his Filipino partner, Pamela Gaye Villanoza, were walking along Filmore Street in Barangay Palanan when two men on a black motorcycle held them up.

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Stacey tried to grab the suspect’s handgun, but the suspect shot him, killing him on the spot.

Police have yet to identify the perpetrators.

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Stacey’s body was transferred to a funeral home in Taguig City. His family in Auckland has started raising funds, through Give A Little website, to fly Stacey’s remains home.

His family said Stacey was a well-loved kids’ church leader and worked for 10 years in a nonprofit that rescued children from sexual exploitation.

—DEXTER CABALZA

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