CABANATUAN CITY - A local newspaperman was killed by two motorcycle-riding men in a daylight attack in Sitio Romantiko, Barangay Sta, Arcadia, Cabanatuan City on Thursday.
Supt. Eliseo Cruz, chief of the city police, identified the victim as Ponciano Grande,53, a resident of St. Nicolas Subd., Bantug Norte, Cabanatuan City. Grande, a former director of the Nueva Ecija PressClub, Inc., is also engaged in rice farming.
Police probers said Grande died on the spot. He sustained five gunshot wounds in head and different parts of his body, reportedly from a cal. 45. Grande's wife, Annie Liwag who also hosts public affairs program over radio dwJJ, was several meters away from him when the gunmen fired at him at about11:00 a.m. Thursday, investigation showed.
Responding authorities rushed Liwag to a local hospital for immediate treatment.
The suyspects were decribed as about 17-years of age and wearing baseball cups. Cruz said the couple had no known enemies.
Cruz said they have yet to establish the motive of the killing.
The NEPCI officers and members strongly condemedthe attack and pressed for the immediate delivery ofjustice.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
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