TACLOBAN CITY\u2014The May 1 killing of an antimining leader in Salcedo town, Samar province, remained unresolved as police had yet to identify the assailant and the motive.<\/p>\n
Senior Insp. Jimwell Cortina, Salcedo police chief, said police were having difficulty in investigating the killing of Francisco Canayong, who was stabbed to death on May 1 by a still unidentified suspect.<\/p>\n
Canayong, 66, was the leader of the Carapdapan Movement for Development Association (Camada), an antimining group based in Salcedo town.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no development insofar as our investigation is concerned. No witnesses are willing to come out and help us,\u201d Cortina said in a phone interview on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Canayong was leaving the house of a friend and was taking a tricycle ride when the suspect stopped him, boarded the tricycle and, without any warning, stabbed Canayong several times in the chest and back, leading to his death.<\/p>\n
The suspect fled after the attack that took place past 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
Cortina said police were looking at several possible motives for the killing of Canayong, a resident of Barangay Carapdapan, Salcedo.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis involvement in the antimining campaign is one of the angles that we are looking into,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cortina declined to comment further on the case as investigation was still ongoing.<\/p>\n
The victim was also the head of the Salcedo Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association and Barangay Inter-Upland Farmers Association of Salcedo.<\/p>\n
Two mining companies,\u00a0 Terrestial Mining Corp. and Yinshu Mining Corp., were operating chromite mines in Salcedo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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