MANILA: A freelance photojournalist in the Philippines was shot dead yesterday, bringing to four the number of reporters killed in the country so far this year, police said.
Dodie Nunez was aboard a passenger mini-bus on his way home in General Mariano Alvarez town in Cavite province, just south of Manila, when he was shot.
Chief Inspector Manuel Placido, the town’s police chief, said three men riding a motorcycle blocked the path of the mini-bus and shot Nunez.
One other passenger was also wounded in the attack.
Placido said Nunez was a photojournalist working mainly with a local newspaper owned by a politician, who lost his bid to replace the incumbent governor in Cavite in elections last week.
Investigators have yet to determine if Nunez was killed for his work as a photojournalist or his affiliation with the local politician.
Last year, 11 journalists were killed in the Philippines.
International media groups have identified the Philippines as the second most dangerous place in the world for journalists, next to Iraq, due to unabated attacks and harassments.-DPA
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