A GOVERNMENT accountant was wounded while five others, including his wife and daughter, escaped unscathed in a drive-by shooting in Isabela City, Basilan province, the police reported on Wednesday, July 19.
Superintendent Jerome Afuyog, Isabela City police chief, said that the incident took place round 5:45 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, in the village of Maligue.
Afuyog identified the victim as Hadji Karim Mahlun Asakil, accountant of the Basilan Provincial Government.
Unscathed were Asakil’s wife, Monira, daughter, Rabia, Anrakina Martinez, an employee of the Provincial Government, and two relatives namely Salma Asakil and Durmina Esmael.
Afuyog said Asakil was driving a car on the way home when one of two men onboard a motorcycle that tailed them opened fire hitting the provincial accountant.
Afuyog said the suspects wearing red hooded jackets sped towards the Isabela-Maluso National Highway after the incident.
He said Asakil was taken to a hospital in Isabela City and was later transferred to a medical facility in Zamboanga City.
He said they are conducting an in-depth probe in a bid to establish and arrest the suspects behind the incident. (VoxPop Philippines)
