UN employee shot dead in Philippines
November 27th, 2009 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Manila, Nov 27 (IANS) A Filipino employee of Unicef was shot dead in southern Philippines, authorities said Friday.
The employee based in the southern city of Cotabato died Thursday with a gunshot wound on the abdomen, Xinhua news agency quoted a report from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao police as saying.
The slain official has been identified as Nestor Bulahan.
Police said Bulahan was on the way to meet a friend in Maguindanao province but was intercepted by his murderer and shot at from a close range, the local on-line news network inquirer.net reported.
The murder occurred four days after at least 57 people were shot dead in Maguindanao, in what the worst election-related violence in the country so far.
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