Assassinated Citizens November, 2025

Assassination is normal in the Philippines not only for government officials but also for regular citizens. The most common method of assassination for both citizens and officials is a motorcycle duo riding up on the target and then blasting them away. This series will document the number of citizens assassinated on a monthly basis. These stories are to be distinguished from regular murder cases which happen on a daily basis. 

 https://mb.com.ph/2025/11/03/fisher-killed-2-hurt-in-cebu-city-gun-attack

A 44-year-old fisherman died while two others were wounded when they were shot while aboard a motor banca in Barangay Pasil here on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 2. 

Police identified the fatality as Efren Tancos, a native of Inabanga, Bohol province. 

Wounded were Marvin Duallo Moreno, 27, and Winston Cabigon Caparida, 25, who are also residents of Inabanga. 

Police said Caparida hired Tancos and Moreno to transport his family in Barangay Ermita here to Inabanga. The family planned to visit their departed loved ones for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days. 

Police said the motor banca ferrying the victims was about to dock in Barangay Pasil when armed men peppered them with bullets. 

The gunmen fled after the attack. The victims were taken to the Cebu City Medical Center where Tancos died. 

Police Capt. Charisma Gonzales, information officer of the Cebu City Police Office, said initial investigation showed that at least five persons were involved in the attack. 

Gonzales said further investigation will be made to identify the culprits and the motive of the attack.

https://mb.com.ph/2025/11/11/game-fowl-breeder-gunned-down

A 48-year-old game fowl breeder was fatally shot in his game farm in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, Nov. 11. 

Police Lt. Dwight Fajardo, deputy chief of the Calatrava Municipal Police Station, said the victim Max was checking his fighting cocks when three unidentified men arrived and shot him from behind. 

Fajardo said the victim sustained bullet wounds in the back and a slash wound in the nape.

The victim was taken to a hospital where he died. 

Recovered from the crime scene were a fired .45 caliber cartridge case and a fired 12-gauge shotgun shell. 

Police are probing the motive of the incident and checking the background of the victim.

https://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/brazen-attack/

AN UNIDENTIFIED assailant gunned down a man along the Daang Maharlika Highway, Km. 18, Barangay Ilang, Bunawan District, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, around 3:10 p.m., prompting a hot pursuit operation by the police.

The victim was identified only as alias Nel, of legal age, single, jobless, and a resident of Purok Buhisan, Barangay Tibungco.

According to the Bunawan Police Station report, a concerned citizen notified authorities of the shooting at approximately 3:10 p.m. Investigators, led by PMSg Pantonial and PSSg Elmer P. Baliang Jr., immediately proceeded to the scene.

Initial investigation revealed that the victim was crossing the road in front of Specialist Primary Care Hospital toward Muslim Village when he was shot multiple times by the male perpetrator. 

The assailant used a firearm believed to be a caliber .45 pistol, the report added.

Nel sustained fatal gunshot wounds to the right side of the neck and the left chest and died on the spot. Reports said he was also hit on the right leg and the right side of the back. 

The suspect fled immediately after the incident toward an unknown direction.

The Regional Forensic Unit (RFU) XI Scene of the Crime Operative (SOCO) team, led by Capt Bernadine C. Magallanes, recovered two fired cartridge casings and two fired bullets.

They also recovered the victim’s bag, which contained two elongated transparent heat-sealed plastic sachets containing suspected shabu (methamphetamine), an ice pick, a coin purse containing a broken watch, a cellphone keypad, one lighter, one cap, one broken tube, and one blade.

Personnel of Bunawan Police Station are investigating the case. The motive for the shooting remains to be determined.

In accordance with Muslim burial tradition, the victim’s body was brought to his residence in Purok 16, Buhisan, Barangay Tibungco, and is scheduled for burial within 24 hours.

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/regions/967597/man-shot-dead-while-buying-fish-in-dasmari-as-city-cavite/story/

A man was shot dead by a motorcycle-riding gunman as the victim was buying fish from a stall along Jose Abad Santos Avenue in Barangay Salawag in Dasmariñas City, Cavite on Tuesday. 

According to Vonne Aquino’s report in “Saksi” on Wednesday, CCTV footage showed the gunman on his motorcycle passing in front of the store.

The suspect later returned to stop and shoot the victim.

Another customer was also shot and was seen running for his life until he fell on the ground.

One of the witnesses said they were shocked and hid after the suspect fired his gun several times. 

A police report from the Dasmariñas City police station showed that the victim suffered several gunshots in various parts of the body.

He was rushed to hospital but eventually succumbed to his wounds.

Meanwhile, the other customer was wounded in the right leg and is still undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Authorities are conducting follow-up operations and are still reviewing the CCTV footages in the area. 

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1264277

Law enforcement authorities here have launched a manhunt to arrest the gunman behind the killing of an Egyptian national on Saturday evening.

Col. Fidel Fortaleza Jr., director of the Zamboanga City Police Office (ZCPO), said they mobilized personnel to track down where the gunmen had fled after the incident around 6:20 p.m. in the boundary of Barangays Lumbangan and Divisoria.

The victim was identified as Abdalrahman Elshawadfy Mohammed Elfaky based on the driver’s license the police recovered from the slain Egyptian’s possession at the crime scene.

“Investigation showed the victim was driving his vehicle when the motorcycle-riding attacker pulled up beside him, fatally shot him, and sped off,” Fortaleza said in a report Sunday.

Councilor Fredrick Atilano, chairperson of the City Council’s Committee on Peace and Order, said a thorough investigation is underway and the police are reviewing footage from the CCTV cameras in the area of the incident.

Atilano said the victim is temporarily staying in this city and is in charge of the Asia Academic School in Barangay Tetuan.

He urged those who might have vital information that could lead to the solution of the case to assist the police in the investigation.

Atilano said all information will be treated with utmost confidentiality.