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| Manila Philippines airport shooting: Gunmen kill four | |
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| Gunmen have shot dead four people, including a mayor, at Manila airport in the Philippines, officials have said. | |
| Ukol Talumpa, mayor of the southern town Labangan, and three others were hit while waiting outside the airport terminal. | |
| Gunmen approached Mr Talumpa and shot him and three others at close range, airport manager Jose Angel Honrado said. | Gunmen approached Mr Talumpa and shot him and three others at close range, airport manager Jose Angel Honrado said. |
| The attackers then escaped. The motive behind the shootings is unclear. | |
| Ninoy Aquinoy airport handles international and domestic flights and was crowded at the time of the shooting. | |
| "The mayor and his family and some security escorts were attacked," Mr Honrado said, adding that the mayor's wife was also among the dead. | |
| "Government agencies are trying their best to determine the perpetrators and bring them to justice," he said. | |
| Four other people were reportedly wounded in the shooting. | |
| The men were said to be on a motorcycle. | The men were said to be on a motorcycle. |
| Police investigators were considering political rivalry as a possible motive for the attack, The Philippine Star newspaper reported. | |
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