Radio broadcasters exterior the capital are ceaselessly the goal.
Manila:
A radio broadcaster was fatally shot inside his studio within the Philippines on Sunday, police stated, the most recent in a protracted checklist of journalists killed within the nation.
Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based studio on the southern island of Mindanao when a gunman shot him within the head, stated Captain Deore Ragonio, police chief in Calamba municipality.
Jumalon is the fourth journalist to be killed since President Ferdinand Marcos took workplace in June of 2022, the Nationwide Union of Journalists stated, condemning “the brazen killing”.
The archipelago nation is among the most harmful locations on the earth for journalists, and their killers typically go unpunished.
Radio broadcasters exterior the capital are ceaselessly the goal.
Marcos condemned the “homicide” of Jumalon and ordered the authorities to “swiftly convey the perpetrators to justice”.
“Assaults on journalists won’t be tolerated in our democracy, and those that threaten the liberty of the press will face the total penalties of their actions,” Marcos stated in a submit on social media.
Police stated the suspect gained entry to Jumalon’s studio by pretending to need to make an on-air announcement.
He escaped and Jumalon was pronounced lifeless at a hospital, police stated.
The assault was recorded on video, stated Paul Gutierrez, the top of the Presidential Process Power on Media Safety.
It confirmed the suspect capturing the broadcaster twice and grabbing his gold necklace earlier than leaving, Gutierrez stated.
“Whereas the motive is but to be decided, we take into account this incident as ‘work-related’ for the second,” Gutierrez stated in a press release.
Police chief Ragonio stated they have been investigating a motive for the killing. They weren’t conscious of any earlier threats in opposition to Jumalon’s life.
“He tackles largely present occasions and isn’t identified to have criticised anybody in his broadcasts,” Ragonio advised AFP.
Jumalon used the identify “DJ Johnny Walker” in his Cebuano-language present on the 94.7 Gold FM Calamba station.
His broadcasts have been additionally aired on the station’s Fb web page, which has 2,400 followers.
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