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Ex-journalist killed in Abra ambush - report

Dennis Carcamo - The Philippine Star
October 9, 2014 | 9:25am
MANILA, Philippines - Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Wednesday night a former radio anchor in Abra.
 
Reports said that Jack Porqueza, a former anchorman of DZPA, was ambushed by motorcycle-riding gunmen around 6: 24 p.m. at Zone 5 in Bangued town.
 
Police are still looking into the motive of the killing of Porqueza, who has working as an administrative officer at the Abra Prosecutor's Office.
 
Porqueza was also a correspondent for a Manila-based broadsheet.

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