Radio Broadcaster Shot Dead Inside His Studio In Philippines

Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based studio on the southern island of Mindanao when a gunman shot him in the head, said Captain Deore Ragonio, police chief in Calamba municipality.

A radio broadcaster was fatally shot inside his studio in the Philippines on Sunday, police said, the latest in a long list of journalists killed in the country.

Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based studio on the southern island of Mindanao when a gunman shot him in the head, said Captain Deore Ragonio, police chief in Calamba municipality.

Jumalon is the fourth journalist to be killed since President Ferdinand Marcos took office in June of 2022, the National Union of Journalists said, condemning "the brazen killing".