Street food vendor gunned down in Quezon City

MANILA, Philippines—A street food vendor was killed while three bystanders were injured in an attack carried out by motorcycle riding gunmen in broad daylight in Quezon City on Saturday morning, police said.

Ramil Atibagos, 34, was selling “kwek-kwek” or fried quail eggs when the assailants shot him near a pedestrian overpass at the corner of Luzon and Commonwealth Avenues in Barangay Old Balara.

The vendor managed to run a few meters but the gunmen chased him and shot him, said case investigator Police Officer 1 Julius Raz.

Atibagos, a resident of Damayan Street in Barangay Old Balara, died on the spot following the 10:42 a.m. shooting.

Three were injured by stray bullets. Two of them were identified as Renante Armada, 27, who was shot in the left hand, and Domer Allowisan, 32, who was wounded in the right elbow. They were taken to the East Avenue Medical Center. A woman identified only as Michelle was also hit in the hand.

Witnesses said Atibagos was selling his usual fare near a footbridge when the assailants arrived on a motorcycle. One of the men pulled out his gun and fired it in victim’s direction, but Atibagos was able to scamper away.

The men chased him on their motorcycle, catching up with the victim in front of the Megacom Hardware shop where they gunned him down, Raz said.