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Gunmen kill shipping executive in Zamboanga City


ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Two gunmen on board a motorcycle shot dead a ship owner in an attack in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, police said. Police said Faustino Saavedra and his wife Floria, were inside their car fired upon by the unidentified gunmen near downtown Zamboanga late Thursday. The woman was unhurt in the attack. Saavedra's family owns the Ever Lines Shipping Company in Zamboanga City. "We are still investigating the killing," said police Inspector Ibrahim Jambiran. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was not the first time that a businessman was illed in Zamboanga City. Previous attacks blamed on assassins included journalists, doctors, lawyers and traders. - Al Jacinto, GMANews.TV
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