Seven dead, 19 injured in Kalibo shooting

Seven people, including three policemen, were killed Sunday while 19 others were injured when armed men opened fire on a town fiesta in Kalibo, Aklan, police said.

The gunmen opened fire on a crowd of people taking part in an annual parade to celebrate the feast of the infant Jesus.

It was not clear what the motive was, but the targets apparently were provincial police chief Senior Superintendent Odilario Magayanes and Kalibo police chief Manuel Elijay and Senior Police Officer Juan Garion, who were all killed in the attack.

New People's Army guerrillas denied having a hand in the killings.

A manhunt has been launched. abs-cbnNEWS.com monitor

Meanwhile, INQ7's report was more complete, and had the entire story, quoting: "He's totally gone nuts." A rare idiomatic expression from a Western Visayas police director if you ask me.

Note also the differences in the names of those killed.