Loong political family members shot dead in Zamboanga City
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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A couple and their four-year-old child, who were members of the Loong political family, were visiting a construction site in Barangay Boalan here on Wednesday morning when an unidentified gunman on a motorbike shot them.
The incident happened at 8:55 a.m. Businessman Fathie Bara Loong and his wife Bai Rivalia Sanday Loong sustained multiple gunshot wounds, but their child was spared, police said.
Police Staff Sergeant Roland Fernandez said Fathie sustained three gunshot wounds on his back, while his wife, who was pregnant, died on the spot with two gunshot wounds on her chest.
Fernandez said the suspect immediately fled towards the city proper after the shooting.
Police discovered at the scene of the crime five empty shells of caliber-45 pistol.
The Loong family requested privacy and did not issue any statement on the death of the couple.
A family member, however, said it was no longer safe to stay and do business in Zamboanga City.
The Loong couple’s case is the third shooting in this city this month.
On January 19 at 8:10 p.m., Marilyn Julaidi of Phase 3, Bamboo House in Barangay Kasanyangan here, was shot in the area and survived. The suspect remained unidentified.
Last January 14 at 5:50 p.m., Abdelkarim Buqueg Jamjiron, a correction officer at the San Ramon Penal Colony, tried to pacify a dispute, but it ended in his being involved in an altercation.
He was arrested for making grave threats using his service firearm and violating the Omnibus Election Code.
On January 5 at 6:45 p.m., Michael Cabayacruz Naranjo, a resident of Upper Muruk, Barangay Pasonanca, was shot dead in the village.
