Philippine Politician Gunned Down
A Philippine congressman has been shot and killed outside the church where he had been attending his niece's wedding.
Luis Bersamin was shot twice in the head Saturday afternoon, the Manila Times reported. One of his bodyguards was also killed and another was wounded.
Bersamin was about to get into his van outside the Mount Carmel Church in New Manila, Quezon City, when the gunman approached him and fired. After the shooting, the killer escaped on a motorcycle with an accomplice.
The motorcycle was later found abandoned.
Bersamin was vice chairman of the House Committees on Dangerous Drugs and Trade and Industry and had headed an investigation into private armies in Abra Province, which he represented. He was believed to be planning to run for provincial governor instead of seeking a third term in Congress.
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