By Ronron
May 5, 2005
Radio commentator Klein Cantoneros expired Wednesday night at the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Hospital in Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte hours after he was shot by three unidentified gunmen.
Dipolog City Police chief Supt. Tomas Hizon said the 34-year-old broadcaster died at around 10:30 pm due to the six gunshot wounds he sustained from his attackers.
Cantoneros was hit three times at the back, twice on his thigh and once on his leg by the motorcycle-riding assailants while he was plying the national highway in barangay Sta. Filomena, Dipolog City.
He is the 67th journalist slain since 1986 when democracy was restored in the country, according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).
Hizon said investigators are now focusing on a work-related motive, compounded with a personal grudge, on their probe on the murder of Cantoneros.
“We are now concentrating on a specific personality,” said Hizon without elaborating.
Cantoneros is said to be a hard-hitting commentator on radio station DXAA.
Task Force Cantoneros, created by Region IX Police Director Vidal Querol, was not given a deadline to wrap up its investigation./DMS
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