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Marine shot dead, sergeant wounded in Sulu shooting incident


A member of the Philippine Marines was shot dead while another was injured in a shooting incident in Jolo town in Sulu province Sunday morning.

The incident occurred at 10 a.m. at Sitio Lungan Gitong in Barangay Bus-Bus in Jolo, GMA News correspondent Peewee Bacuño reported.

Bacuño said initial police reports identified the fatality as Pfc. Cariaga, and the wounded as Sgt. Oliver Kong. Both are members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 10.

Kong, who was wounded in the right shoulder, was rushed to a nearby hospital.

The police report said the assailants used a cal-.45 pistol in the shooting, and fled toward Barangay Maubuh in Patikul, Sulu after the shooting. — Joel Locsin/LBG, GMA News

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