International News Safety Institute

22 July 2021

Renante Cortes

Incident

Radio reporter gunned down in Cebu City, Philippines

Cause of death

Shooting

Details

The assailants were on a motorcycle and fled the scene - Cortes was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital. Cortes had worked as a radio broadcaster since 2003 and his commentaries were on politics, often focusing on local politicians. Two unknown men had previously been into his workplace to enquire about his schedule.

Source: https://cpj.org/data/people/renante-cortes/

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