Injured	Killed
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Date: 25 October 2010
Source: http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=624128&publicationSubCategoryId=200

DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Xinhua) – A pro-government militiaman shot dead five of his colleagues and then was killed by police in Zamboanga Sibugay yesterday, a police official said on today.

The massacre at a militia outpost in Palid village, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, occurred around 7 p.m. yesterday, when Olegario Bucal started firing his M-14 assault rifle toward his comrades who were watching television inside the camp, said Major Arnold Gasalatan, spokesperson of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division.

Gasalatan said the victims died almost instantly due to multiple gunshot wounds.

The armed suspect then fled and a chase by police and military personnel led to a brief shootout, which resulted to his death, the military official said.

An investigation is under way Gasalatan added.

Yesterday’s carnage came days after a former rape convict burst into two classrooms in a village in Zamboanga City and knifed students, teachers and a visitor. Three victims were killed and six others were seriously wounded before angry villagers killed the suspect.