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College teacher hurt in Basilan gun attack

COTABATO CITY— A school teacher was critically wounded in a shooting incident in Lamitan City late Saturday, February 1, the second such attack in the area in just three days, despite a nationwide election-related gun ban.

The 25-year-old Johnus Flores Lim, who sustained multiple bullet wounds from the attack, is a teacher at the Furigay College Incorporated in Lamitan City. He was immediately brought by barangay emergency responders to the Lamitan City District Hospital for treatment. 

Lt. Col. Elmer Solon, Lamitan City police chief, told reporters on Sunday, February 2, that Lim was seated on his motorcycle parked along a highway in Sitio Baroy in Barangay Sengal when one of two motorcycle-riding men who came close shot him repeatedly with a .45 caliber pistol.

The duo immediately fled after Lim fell on the ground, according to witnesses. 

City officials have assured the family of Lim to facilitate his transfer to a more modern hospital in Zamboanga City as recommended by attending physician Nurullaji  Aguil.

Brig. Gen. Romeo Juan Macapaz, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, said on Sunday that he had ordered police units in Basilan to intensify their enforcement throughout the province of the nationwide gun ban being imposed since January 12 by the Commission on Elections, meant to ensure peaceful elections in May 2025. 

A businessman, Abduraza Saidde Madiza, was killed in an ambush on Thursday night in Barangay Malinis in Lamitan City.

Madiza was riding his motorcycle on his way home to Barangay Limook in the northern part of the city when gunmen attacked him along the route, killing him instantly.

His attackers fled the scene on a getaway motorcycle before volunteer community watchmen and barangay officials could arrive.

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