Philippines - Second shooting attack on journalist in less than two weeks

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the attempted murder of Fernan Angeles, a newspaper reporter whose beat includes covering the president. Angeles was seriously injured when he was shot six times near his home in the Manila suburb of Pasig on the evening of 11 March. He is the second journalist to be badly shot in less than two weeks. “We welcome the progress already made in the investigation and the identification of a suspect by the Philippine National Police, and we hope they will not (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - mardi 13 mars 2012