Woman survives slay try | Inquirer News

Woman survives slay try

By: - Correspondent / @cebudailynews
/ 07:41 AM July 20, 2011

A 32-year-old businesswoman  was ambushed by a motorcycle-riding assailant in barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City, on Monday night.

Rowena Bensing, a distributor of herbal medicines, survived the attack.

She was shot in the back.

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Police said the woman, a resident of Sun Valley, barangay Calamba, was driving a Black Honda sedan. She was with  two friends and two children, who were unharmed during the incident, said police.

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An investigation is still in progress to determine if the attack was related to business or a  personal grudge, said SPO4 Dennis Moga, deputy chief of the homicide section of the Cebu City Police Office.

Bensing had just picked up her friend, Melona Lopez, in front of a private school on V. Rama Avenue.

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While driving, a motorcycle boarded by two men drove along the driver’s side of the car.

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The backrider then fired at Bensing, hitting her in the back.

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The motorcycle moved ahead before the assailant fired another shot but missed.  Bensing was able to duck.

Bensing drove to a private hospital in Cebu City for  treatment.

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Police  were unable to locate the assailants.

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