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Tarek Naggar from East Dunbartonshire reportedly on life support after shooting during robbery in Cebu City
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Sun 23 Jul 2017 16.28 BST
Last modified on Sun 23 Jul 2017 16.55 BST
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A British man in the Philippines has been shot two days before his wedding.A British man in the Philippines has been shot two days before his wedding.
Tarek Naggar, 44, was reported to be critically injured and in intensive care after being attacked during a robbery on the island of Cebu.Tarek Naggar, 44, was reported to be critically injured and in intensive care after being attacked during a robbery on the island of Cebu.
Naggar, from Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire and recently living in Sweden, was gunned down while sitting outside a bar with his fiancee Angie and best man Chris McLaughlin in the island’s capital, Cebu City, in the early hours of Thursday, according to the Sunday Herald.Naggar, from Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire and recently living in Sweden, was gunned down while sitting outside a bar with his fiancee Angie and best man Chris McLaughlin in the island’s capital, Cebu City, in the early hours of Thursday, according to the Sunday Herald.
Three men on a motor scooter were said to have pulled up and demanded that the Scot hand over his wallet. When he refused, one pulled out a pistol and shot him in the chest.Three men on a motor scooter were said to have pulled up and demanded that the Scot hand over his wallet. When he refused, one pulled out a pistol and shot him in the chest.
They also reportedly made off with the wallet, including credit cards and the local money he was carrying, equivalent to less than £10.They also reportedly made off with the wallet, including credit cards and the local money he was carrying, equivalent to less than £10.
McLaughlin told the Sunday Herald that Naggar, who was due to get married on Saturday, received surgery and was put on a life-support machine after the bullet lodged in his lung.McLaughlin told the Sunday Herald that Naggar, who was due to get married on Saturday, received surgery and was put on a life-support machine after the bullet lodged in his lung.
The Foreign Office has been in touch with his next of kin and authorities in the area.The Foreign Office has been in touch with his next of kin and authorities in the area.
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