24 December 2007
Ferdinand Lintuan
Shooting
Unidentified gunmen fatally shot a hard-hitting radio commentator in the southern Philippines Monday, police and the victim's colleagues said, in the fifth deadly attack on Philippine journalists this year.
At least two men wearing helmets and riding a motorcycle shot Ferdinand Lintuan of DXGO Radio at close range as his car slowed at an intersection in southern Davao city, said police Senior Inspector Ranulfo Cabanog.
Lucio Ceniza, another DXGO anchorman, said he, Lintuan and another colleague had just left the radio station when the assailants shot Lintuan several times. He and the other colleague were unhurt, Ceniza said. Cabanog said investigators have not determined a motive for the attack. National Police Chief Avelino Razon said he ordered an investigation into the killing and a manhunt for the killers.
Lintuan, 51, had used his radio show to criticize several officials and recently attacked the city government for alleged corruption in the development of a park, his colleagues said.
