Committee to Protect Journalists

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Radio journalist killed in the Philippines Bangkok, June 10, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Filipino authorities to determine the motive in the murder on Monday of radio journalist Nilo Baculo Sr. and bring the assailants...

Radio journalist killed in the Philippines

Bangkok, June 10, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Filipino authorities to determine the motive in the murder on Monday of radio journalist Nilo Baculo Sr. and bring the assailants swiftly to justice.

Baculo was shot twice in the chest around noon on Monday by two assailants on a motorcycle in Mindoro Oriental province’s Calapan City, according to news reports. The assailants fled on the motorcycle, the reports said.

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