Christopher Iban Lozada
Year: 2017
Nationality: Philippines
Killed by: Government Officials
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Press organization: DBXF Prime Broadcasting Network
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Unidentified gunman shot and killed Christopher Iban Lozada, a radio broadcaster with the privately owned DBXF Prime Broadcasting Network news station in the southern Philippines, on October 24, 2017. Lozda and his girlfriend were driving home in his car when unidentified men in a van ambushed them around 9 p.m. in the city of Bisling in Surigao del Sur province, according to news reports. The journalist was declared dead on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds to his chest, the reports said. His girlfriend, Honey Faith Toyco, was wounded in the shoulder during the attack, and was treated for injuries at a local hospital, local news reports said. According to the reports, police recovered 7.62 and 5.56 millimeter cartridges from the crime scene. Lozada, known by his broadcast name Chris Rapido, hosted DBXF Prime’s "Kuskos Batikos" public affairs program and served as vice president of Bislig City’s media association, according to Rona Omo, a colleague at the station who was quoted by the news website Inquirer.
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