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Gov’t lawyer gunned down in North Cotabato

/ 01:49 PM October 08, 2016

MATALAM, North Cotabato—Unidentified gunmen shot dead a government lawyer here as he was leaving his house on Saturday, the police said.

Supt. Bernard Tayong, speaking for the North Cotabato provincial police office, identified the victim as Honorato Maso, 54, of North Cotabato‘s Public Attorney’s Office (PAO).

Tayong told the Inquirer that Maso was driving his Nissan pickup and was leaving his house on Gumamela St. in Barangay (village) Poblacion around 10:15 a.m. when the unidentified gunmen opened fire on him using handguns.

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Maso died shortly after being rushed to the hospital, he said.

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Tayong said the motive and identities of the perpetrators remained unknown as of yet.
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