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Lawyer hurt, secretary killed in Batangas ambush

The Philippine Star
January 26, 2015 | 12:00am

BATANGAS, Philippines – A lawyer was wounded while his secretary was killed in an ambush in Nasugbu town here Saturday.

Briccio Contreras, 53, and Irish Dimayuga, 20, were in a Toyota Avanza (ZGT-880) on their way to Lian town when they were waylaid along the highway in Barangay Cogunan at around 2:40 p.m., said Chief Inspector Pablo Aguda, Nasugbu police chief.

Dimayuga died at the scene while Contreras was rushed to the Western Batangas Medical Center in Balayan town for treatment of a gunshot wound in the chin.

Aguda said Contreras and his siblings based abroad were allegedly quarrelling over a piece of property.

AGUDA

BALAYAN

BARANGAY COGUNAN

BRICCIO CONTRERAS

CHIEF INSPECTOR PABLO AGUDA

CONTRERAS

DIMAYUGA

IRISH DIMAYUGA

NASUGBU

TOYOTA AVANZA

WESTERN BATANGAS MEDICAL CENTER
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