21 October 2025 | IFJ
Injured broadcaster dies after shooting attack
Shooting
Filipino radio broadcaster Noel Bellen Samar died on October 21 after sustaining gunshot wounds in a shooting attack a day earlier on October 20 in the northern island of Luzon.
The 54-year-old “blocktime” broadcaster from Southern Luzon’s Bicol region sustained four gunshot wounds in the attack, to both his chest and abdomen. He was targeted while travelling along the Maharlika Highway in Albay province by two unidentified assailants on motorcycles. The attackers allegedly tailed Samar before the ambush and fled the scene.
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