Two Chinese consuls killed in Cebu restaurant shooting

(Updated 8:42 p.m.) Two Chinese diplomats were killed while their consul-general was hurt following a shooting incident inside a restaurant in Cebu City on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The Chinese consular office's Sun Shan, deputy consul general and protocol officer, and Hui Li, consul and finance officer, were both killed.

Consul General Song Ronghua was wounded in the shooting.

CCTV footage aired on GMA-7's "24 Oras" on Wednesday showed one of the killings.

 

They victims were attending a birthday party at the Lighthouse Restaurant with a group of Chinese nationals when they were shot.

 

The two casualties were declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital in the city.

 

The suspects, Li Quing Liang and Guo Jing, have been arrested. The two have invoked immunity as they claimed to be Chinese consuls. Authorities were still awaiting a official interpreter to assist in the interview of the arrested suspects.

 

The Cebu City police have yet to determine the motive behind the attack.

 

The murder weapon, a .45 caliber pistol, has been recovered by police, which will conduct a ballistics test.

 

Sought for comment, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Li Lingxao said the embassy was still verifying reports. —ALG/NB/JST, GMA News