Filipino legislator gunned down
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6186313.stm Version 0 of 1. A Philippines' congressman and his bodyguard have been shot dead as they left a wedding near the capital Manila. Luis Bersamin from northern Abra province was shot twice in the head at point blank range by a man who then escaped on a motorcycle. Mr Bersamin, 62, a vice chairman of political committees on dangerous drugs and trade and industry, had been attending his niece's wedding. He belonged to a coalition supporting Filipino President Gloria Arroyo. President Arroyo's adviser said she "was shocked and outraged by this gruesome, cold-blooded murder" and would make every effort to bring the perpetrators to book. Police have launched a search for the killer. A Quezon City police official told the Associated Press news agency another bodyguard and driver of Mr Bersamin was hurt in a fire-fight with the gunman and a 13-year-old boy hit by a stray bullet was taken to hospital. |