Lawyer slain in ambush

CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna  , Philippines  — A lawyer was killed while his wife and their two children survived in an ambush by car-riding assailants in Atimonan, Quezon before dawn yesterday.

Henry Joseph Herrera, 33, died as he was being taken to the Quezon Medical Center in nearby Lucena City.

Herrera’s wife Danbhe and their children – Hanna, 5, and Henry Jacob, 2 – were not harmed during the attack that occurred at around 3:15 a.m. in Barangay Malinao Ilaya.

Aside from being a lawyer, Herrera was also a certified public accountant.

The family was headed for Manila in a Toyota Fortuner when the assailants in an orange car opened fire at them.

Police expressed belief the assailants had been tailing the Herreras since they left home in Sorsogon.

Probers have yet to determine the motive for the killing.

On the same day, Christian Daza died in an attack by an unidentified assailant in Batangas City.

Daza’s companion Rose Ann Pilapilan was taken to a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.

The victims were on a motorcycle in Barangay Sta. Clara when the assailant waylaid them at around 2 a.m.