03 June 2009
Jojo Trajano
Shooting
A tabloid journalist and a policeman were killed Wednesday in an attack by suspected drug peddlers in an eastern Philippine province, a regional police chief said.
Chief Superintendent Perfecto Palad identified the victims as Jojo Trajano, a reporter for tabloid newspaper Remate, and police officer Virgilio de la Cruz.
Palad said a team of police officers were on their way to conduct a raid on a hideout of suspected drug peddlers and car thieves in Taytay town in Rizal province, 25 kilometres east of Manila, when they were ambushed by the suspects.
Trajano tagged along with the raiding team to cover the operations, Palad added.
Palad said both victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds and were declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.
On Tuesday, seven suspected robbers were killed in a police raid in nearby Antipolo City in an intensified campaign against crime groups operating in Rizal province and nearby provinces, including metropolitan Manila.
