Gene Boyd Lumawag
Year: 2004
Nationality: Philippines
Killed by: Criminal Group
Location: Jolo, Philippines
Press organization: MindaNews
What's Gene Boyd Lumawag's story?
An unidentified gunman shot photographer Lumawag, of the MindaNewsnews service, in the head, killing him instantly in Jolo, the capitalof the southern Sulu Province. Lumawag was photographing the sunset at the pier in Jolo on the lastday of Ramadan in the Muslim-majority area when he was killed by asingle bullet to the head, according to local news accounts. Lumawag,26, had traveled to Jolo with another reporter on November 10 to workon a video documentary about transparency and local governing practicesfor the U.S.-based Asia Foundation. Sulu Province, comprising a group of islands 310 miles (500 kilometers)south of the capital, Manila, is a bastion for the Islamic separatistgroup Abu Sayyaf, The Associated Press reported. Abu Sayyaf has beenlinked to al-Qaeda and has made headlines in recent years with high-profilekidnappings for ransom. The island province is also a stronghold forJemaah Islamiah, the militant Islamic group.
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