LP supporter hurt in shooting after proclamation rally–police

HISTORIC PLAZA MIRANDA President Aquino takes center stage to proclaim the administration coalition’s Team PNoy senatorial candidates in Plaza Miranda in Manila on Tuesday night. The Team PNoy candidates are (from left) Jun Magsaysay, Sonny Trillanes, Chiz Escudero, Cynthia Villar, Jamby Madrigal, Koko Pimentel, Grace Poe, Bam Aquino, Alan Peter Cayetano, Loren Legarda, Risa Hontiveros and Sonny Angara. GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

MANILA, Philippines — A supporter of the Liberal Party was shot by a still unidentified suspect after the proclamation rally Tuesday evening at the Plaza Miranda in Manila.

Senior Police Officer 2 Manuelito Vivar of Manila Police District station 3 said Yasen Ibrahim, 49, was shot on Hidalgo corner Barbosa street in Manila around 7:30 p.m. or 30 minutes after the rally ended.

Reports said the victim was a volunteer organizer of LP.

Vivar said Ibrahim was shot twice and was rushed to Manila Medical Center while the gunman escaped.

A radio report said President Benigno Aquino III, who attended the LP event, had left at the time of the shooting.

An investigation is ongoing to determine the motive behind the attack, he said. Jamie Marie Elona