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ZAMBOANGA CITY: An unidentified gunman shot dead Friday a senior
official of the state-run Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) in Zamboanga City.
Village officials identified the victim as
Arnold Pimentel, the administrator of the regional TESDA training
center here. Pimentel was driving his vehicle when the gunman shot
him in the head at around 7:45 a.m. The assailant escaped on
motorcycle after the shooting.
TESDA is an agency under the Department of
Education responsible for managing and supervising technical
education and skills development in the Philippines.
The motive of the attack was unknown, but the
rising cases of unsolved murders and crimes in Zamboanga City have
worried residents. Authorities continue to downplay the incidents
and had tagged previous killings as isolated and blamed the
proliferation of illegal weapons to the rising criminalities.
Just last month, gunmen also shot dead an
employee of an Internet café just as several others have been
reported shot and wounded.
In July, two motorcycle gunmen also killed a
ship owner, Faustino Saavedra, in Zamboanga City. Saavedra’s
family owns the Ever Lines Shipping Co.
Motorcycle gunmen also shot dead Ibno Yusop,
president of the Sangali-Bolong Drivers Association, in an attack in
Zamboanga City in July.
-- Al Jacinto
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