Grade school principal in Tawi-Tawi shot dead

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BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines—The principal of the grade school department at the Mindanao State University campus here was shot dead Tuesday evening.

Superintendent Rodelio Jocson, Tawi-Tawi police chief, identified the victim as Ponchita Francisco.

Jocson said Francisco was leaving the compound of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish at around 6 p.m. Tuesday when she was shot by a lone assailant.

“There was only one shot, and it is possible that the victim was shot point blank because the sound was not that loud,” Jocson said.

Police are investigating if the killing had something to do with Francisco’s recent appointment as grade school principal.