A PHOTOJOURNALIST affiliated with the online news website Mindanews was shot dead early evening Friday, a statement posted on the site said. "Photo editor Gene Boyd R. Lumawag, 26, was shot dead at the intersection of Serrantes and Marina streets in downtown Jolo, Sulu. He was on his way to shoot the sunset from the pier of Jolo when felled by a lone bullet from a caliber .45 handgun," site editor Carolyn O. Arguillas said in the statement. | Saw this article, he took one round in the temple, professional hit. |
Arguillas said Lumawag was found dead by police and Marines. "No one in the crime scene could tell me how it happened," she said. Army investigators later told her that Lumawag may have been gunned down by members of an "urban terrorist group" allegedly of the Abu Sayyaf. | "That's our story and we're sticking to it." |
"Gene Boyd was looking forward to his first coverage of Eid'l Fitr, the celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan," Arguillas added in the statement. |