Thursday, July 22, 2010

News Update 5 shot dead in Philippines

MANILA - AN AMERICAN man and four others were found shot dead at his rented home in the northern Philippines on Thursday, police said.

Albert Mitchell, described as an elderly US citizen, was attacked along with three women and another man who lived with him at the house inside the gated community in Angeles, about two hours' drive north of Manila, police said.

Police are looking for a single suspect, a man who had visited Mitchell earlier on Thursday before the bodies were discovered by a security guard at the housing enclave, said the city police chief, Superintendent Danilo Bautista.

The motive for the attack was not known. US embassy spokesmen in Manila could not be immediately reached for comment. -- AFP