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Date: 12 July 2010
Source: Inquirer - Filed Under: Crime, Murder, Schools, Education
Bataan teacher shot dead in front of students
By Greg Refraccion
Central Luzon Desk
First Posted 20:29:00 07/12/2010
BALANGA CITY, Bataan — A teacher was shot dead by a lone gunman in front of an elementary school in Barangay (Village) Tenejero here on Monday morning, police said.
Superintendent Arnold Gunnacao, Bataan police director, said Josephine Estacio, 42, a Grade 1 teacher at the Tenejero Elementary School, took a bullet in her head, near the right ear, and died instantly.
Gunnacao said the gunman, who escaped aboard a motorcycle, shot Estacio in front of some students and motorists at about 7:15 a.m. He said classes in the school on Monday were suspended following the killing.