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Philippines radio journalist shot dead on air in ‘brazen killing’

Local police investigate the studio where Juan Jumalon was shot [Handout/Calamba Municipal Police Station via AP Photo]

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has ordered the police to conduct a thorough investigation after a radio broadcaster was shot dead on air, the fourth journalist to be killed since the president took office in June last year.

Juan Jumalon, also known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot by an unidentified assailant while broadcasting from his home in the southern town of Calamba on Sunday morning, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said in a statement.

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