Friday, December 20, 2013

Mania Airport Mayor Shooting

Mania Airport Mayor Shooting *
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December 20, 2023 The mayor of a town in the troubled southern Philippines along with his wife Lea, an 18-month-old baby and a staff member were attacked by at least two gunmen on a motorcycle at the Manila airport. The mayor was from Zamboanga del Sur in the Labangan area of Mindanao and it was the third attempt on the politician three years, raising suspicions that the unknown gunmen were motivated by the region's brutal political conflicts including an Islamist insurgency. There was no word on a possible motive but political killings and assassinations are common in the Philippines.
Los Angeles Times - ‎28 minutes ago‎
The mayor of a town in the troubled southern Philippines was among four people shot to death in an ambush outside Manila's international airport Friday, authorities reported. The fatal attack on Ukol Talumpa, mayor of Zamboanga del Sur in the Labangan ...
The mayor of a town in the troubled southern Philippines was among four people shot to death in an ambush outside Manila's international airport Friday, authorities reported.
The fatal attack on Ukol Talumpa, mayor of Zamboanga del Sur in the Labangan area of Mindanao, was at least the third attempt on the politician's life in the last three years, raising suspicions that the unknown gunmen were motivated by the region's brutal political conflicts.
Talumpa, his wife Lea, an 18-month-old baby and a staff member were attacked by at least two gunmen shortly after they arrived at the Manila airport


http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-philippines-airport-ambush-20131220,0,6161583.story#ixzz2o2fMaeaM

Highly Cited

Philippine Star - ‎59 minutes ago‎
Photo taken from an Instagram video of Fernand Imperial shows a woman in yellow veil trying to help a victim in the attack at the NAIA-3 arrival area that left Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur Mayor Ukol Talumpa (inset) and three others dead. MANILA ...
Philippine Star - ‎2 hours ago‎
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - President Benigno S. Aquino III condemned today the killing of a town mayor in southern Philippines and three others at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 in the capital region of Metro Manila. Presidential ...

In Depth

NBCNews.com (blog) - ‎55 minutes ago‎
By Manuel Mogato, Reuters. Gunmen in police uniforms shot dead a town mayor and three other people at the airport in the Philippine capital on Friday, sending travelers fleeing for safety, authorities said. Ukol Talumpa was mayor of a town called Labangan, ...
South China Morning Post - ‎7 hours ago‎
A gunman attacked a town mayor from the southern Philippines as he left the Manila international airport on Friday along with crowds of Christmas travellers, killing him and wife, authorities and witnesses said. A toddler and a 25-year-old bystander were also ...
Arab News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Police investigators examine the bloodstained pavement at the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. (AP). OLIVER TEVES | AP. Published — Friday 20 December 2013. Last update 20 December 2013 5:39 pm. | نسخة PDF · Send to Friend ...

From Philippines

Manila Bulletin - ‎2 hours ago‎
N.A.I.A. SCENE OF THE CRIME — Police operatives get evidence at the site where Mayor Ukol Talumpa of Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, and three others were shot dead by unidentified gunmen at the loading bay area of the Ninoy Aquino International ...
Tempo - ‎2 hours ago‎
Manila, Philippines – The mayor of Labangan town in Zamboanga del Sur, his wife and two others, including an 18-month-old boy, were killed while five others were wounded when motorcycle-riding armed men in police uniforms shot them at the Ninoy ...
Manila Standard Today - ‎2 hours ago‎
THE mayor of Labangan town in Zamboanga del Sur who survived two previous attempts on his life was shot dead along with his wife, an eight-month old child and another companion in a broad daylight ambush Friday as they stepped outside the NAIA ...
Sun.Star - ‎4 hours ago‎
THE Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Government on Friday condemned the killing of one of the town mayors in the province just outside the Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Manila. Labangan Mayor Ukol Talumpa and his wife, Lea, ...
Business Mirror - ‎5 hours ago‎
THE mayor of Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, his wife and two others were killed in an ambush staged by two motorcycle-riding men, who were wearing police-style clothes, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 late morning on Friday.

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