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DENR Employee shot dead

LAGUNA , Philippines —  An employee of the Department of Environment and Natural


Resources was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in Bay town in this province on
Friday.

Joseph Erwin Blanca, land inspector, died at the scene from a gunshot to the neck,
according to Maj. Jose Tucio, town police chief.

Blanca and his companion Ann Leonar Chico were in a Nissan Sentra when the
assailant waylaid them in Barangay Masaya.

The assailant did not harm Chico.

Witnesses said the assailant fled on foot and boarded a waiting motorcycle.

Police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.

-Ed Amoroso

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