Two killed, five injured in shooting spree in Philippines


A filipiono women having a walk and doing exercises in a park at in Paranaque, metropolitan Manila, Philippines. A former Army soldier went on a shooting spree in Cavite Province, south of Manila, killing a woman and injuring five others before taking his own life on Sunday morning (March 1), police said. - AP

MANILA: A former Army soldier went on a shooting spree in Cavite Province, south of Manila, killing a woman and injuring five others before taking his own life on Sunday morning (March 1), police said.

Police said the 47-year-old suspect, armed with a .38 caliber handgun, went to a wet market in General Trias City around 8 a.m. to look for certain people who he claimed are spreading rumors to malign his reputation as a contractor.

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