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Filipino journalist Percival Mabasa shot dead in ‘brazen’ attack

Family members grieve the loss of journalist Percival Mabasa at their home in Las Pinas [Jam Sta Rosa/AFP]

Media groups and press freedom activists in the Philippines have condemned the killing of journalist Percival Mabasa, who was fatally shot near his home in the country’s capital.

The 63-year-old radio broadcaster, who was also known as Percy Lapid, was killed by two assailants on a motorcycle at the gate of a residential compound in the Las Pinas area of suburban Manila on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

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