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ANGELES CITY

Korean tourist found dead

A Korean tourist was found dead, hanging from the iron grills of a friend’s apartment in Barangay (village) Anunas on Friday, police said.

Chief Inspector Luisito Tan, chief of the police’s Station 4, said the victim, Park Juh Yun, 37, arrived in the country three months ago. Tan said that on July 26, Yun went to the apartment of his friend, Park Yong Ho, 41, to ask for help as he could no longer afford to stay in a hotel because of successive losses in casinos.

Ho allowed the victim to stay in his apartment. On Thursday, police said the two had a drinking session at about 10 p.m. and after an hour, Ho left the house. When he returned at past 6 a.m. Friday, he did not find Yun on his bed. He later found Yun hanging from the iron grills at the back of the apartment. Tan said Yun used a bed sheet to hang himself. Jun Malig, Inquirer Central Luzon

DAVAO DEL SUR

5 hurt, P4M lost in fire

Five people were injured when a fire hit a neighborhood in Barangay Baybay in Malalag town early Sunday, authorities said.

Senior Inspector Arnold Razonable, town police chief, said Roger Nacional and his four helpers were all asleep in Nacional’s house-cum-store when the fire started. The victims were roused from their sleep and rushed out of the house. They suffered minor injuries, Razonable said.

Insp. Joey Lape, fire investigator, put the damage to property at 4 million. He said the fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring. Orlando Dinoy, Inquirer Mindanao

AGUSAN DEL SUR

2 killed in NPA attack

Two civilians were killed while a police officer was wounded when some 40 communist rebels stormed a police station in Trento town early Saturday, the military said.

The names of the policeman and the civilian victims were not immediately available.

The rebels, on board two cargo trucks and a van, attacked at around 5 a.m., Major Jacob Obligado, spokesperson of the Eastern Mindanao Command, said.

Obligado said the policemen manning the station “were able to defend the police station and the town hall.” He said the rebels fled after the hour-long battle. Dennis Jay Santos, Inquirer Mindanao

Sister Margarita Jimenez Duran; 85

Sister Margarita Jimenez Duran, a leading member of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, died on July 31. She was 85.

In the 53 years of her vocation, she served as teacher, superior, president, assistant visitatrix of various Daughters of Charity institutions like Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Cebu, White Cross Orphanage in San Juan City, Universidad de Sta. Isabel in Naga City and Concordia College in Manila.

She also served as a member of the Council of the Philippine Province of the Daughters of Charity, formator of the Juniorate and administrator of the Provincial House.

Her body lies at Magnificat Home Chapel, Mother Seton Hospital compound, Diversion Road, Naga City.

Burial will be at Peñafrancia Cemetery, Naga City, on August 3 after the 9 a.m. Mass.