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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.
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12/20/2013
- Bloomberg - 10 hours agoUkol Talumpa, mayor of Labangan town, Zamboanga del Sur ... is also in the final stages of long negotiations with Muslim rebels in the south ...
- ambushed at the airport’s arrival area by two men dressed in police uniforms on a motorcycle,
- “President Benigno Aquino needs to step up security measures in metro Manila because violence, regardless of whether it’s politically motivated or not, is a drag on the country’s image,” Richard Javad Heydarian, a political science lecturer at the Ateneo de Manila University, said by phone. “Everybody knows that we don’t have the best airport in the world. This egregious incident shows tourists that it’s also not a safe airport.”
- The mayor survived an earlier ambush in November 2010, when he was attacked by two gunmen in Manila, according to the Philippine Star, which said police at the time cited politics, business rivalry and personal conflict as potential motives. In September last year, he and his wife were set upon by armed men while traveling to Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur, according to a report from the military.
- Sun.Star - 13 hours agoMANILA (Updated) -- A mayor from Zamboanga del Sur in southern... a motorcycle fired at Labangan Mayor Ukol Talumpa and his wife, ...
- Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
- GMA News - 14 hours ago
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http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/12/20/1270493/aquino-condemns-ambush-intl-airport
Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur Mayor Ukol Talumpa, his wife, Lea Salipuddin Talumpa, a relative and an 18-month old baby were killed when two men aboard a motorcycle ambushed them at the NAIA Terminal 3 before noon today. Meanwhile, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the ambush. De Lima said the ambush was the third attempt on the life of Talumpa.
| Los Angeles Times | - |
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 ...
http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-philippines-airport-ambush-20131220,0,6161583.story#ixzz2o2fMaeaM
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
| ABS CBN News | - |
| Times of India | - |
Highly Cited
| Philippine Star | - |
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 | - |
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 ...
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| NBCNews.com (blog) | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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 | - |
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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