Recruiter shot dead by friends?

An agent of a recruitment agency based in Sultan Kudarat was shot dead allegedly by men, who introduced themselves to the victim’s wife as his friends in Quiapo, Manila on Saturday afternoon.

Police identified the victim as Akmad Ajinor, 35, a resident of Santos st.., Pasig Market, Pasig City. He suffered a gunshot wound in the nape and died while being rushed to the Mary Chile’s Hospital.

Investigators said they have yet to establish the identities and motive of the suspects in killing Ajinor but they are closely coordinating with the victim’s wife Sarah, who saw the killers a few minutes prior to the incident. According to police, the victim and Sarah were having snacks at a restaurant along Globo de Oro street, in Quiapo when a group of men approached them.

Sarah told police that Ajinor introduced to her the men as his friends with whom he had some business deals. She said her husband and the suspects, talked but she could not hear what they were talking about. After a while, the woman said her husband instructed her to wait for him at the restaurant, as he has to settle a business with his friends in Pasig City.

The victim together with his friends left the restaurant but minutes later, Sarah said she saw a group of people rushing to Norzagaray street prompting her to check.

Sarah said she was shocked to see her husband sprawled on the floor with a gunshot wound in the nape. The woman told police that she could identify the killers when she sees them again.