19 June 2010
Nestor Bedolido
Shooting
Nestor Bedolido, a writer for a weekly newspaper, was gunned down while buying cigarettes at a street corner in Digos City in Davao Del Sur province, 1,050 kilometres south of Manila.
Police Chief Inspector Anthony Padua said Bedolido suffered six gunshot wounds to the body.
"The suspect casually walked away after the shooting and rode a motorcycle driven by another man," he said. Padua said bystanders rushed Bedolido to a nearby hospital, but he died on arrival. Police were investigating a motive for the killing, he said.
Colleagues said Bedolido was critical of a prominent politician in Davao Del Sur province and had authored a series of exposes against the official ahead of the May elections.
