09 August 2004
Jonathan Abayon
Shooting
Radio broadcaster Jonathan Abayon, 27, who was shot in the southern city of General Santos on Sunday after an argument with the suspected gunman, died in hospital late yesterday, police said.
Superintendent Willie Dangane said authorities were hunting for the suspect in the Abayon shooting, an ex-army sergeant who was working as a bodyguard for Filipino world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao. It was not clear if Abayon's shooting was related to his job, although co-workers of Abayon had said that there had been friction over his criticism over the radio of the boxing champ.
