NCIP official shot dead in Basilan


ZAMBOANGA CITY – An official of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples was shot dead in Isabela City, Basilan on Monday, April 21.

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Police Lt. Col. Raymond Sanson, Isabela City police station chief, identified the victim as Czarina Mae Mustafa Malun, a resident of Sitio Mabarakat, Isabela City, Basilan.

Initial investigation disclosed that three men barged into her office and shot her at around 11 a.m.

The suspects escaped after the incident and the victim was brought to a nearby hospital where she was declared dead  due to multiple bullet wounds.  

Messages of condolences and cries for justice filled the fallen NCIP official's social media page.

Police are conducting further investigation.