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Sat Dec 21, 2013, 03:17 AM Dec 2013

Manila Philippines airport shooting: Gunmen kill four

Source: BBC

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.

The attackers then escaped. The motive behind the shootings is unclear.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25459574

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