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Shariah court judge shot dead in Sulu - police


A Shariah court judge was shot dead Wednesday afternoon in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, a police official said on Thursday. Chief Superintendent Bensali Jabarani of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional Police said Edimer Gumbahali, 37, did not make it alive to the hospital after being shot by two armed men about 4 p.m. in Barangay Bangkal in Patikul town. Gumbahali, a Shariah Municipal Trial Court judge, was driving his motorcycle when attacked, according to Jabarani. Sharia courts are special courts which have jurisdictions on legal issues under the Islamic law and jurisprudence. Jabarani said the suspects used .45 pistol in killing Gumbahali as evidenced by the spent shells recovered by responding policemen from the scene of the crime. “Motive is yet to be determined. Follow-up investigation is ongoing to identify the suspects for filing of appropriate charges in court," the police official said. - GMANews.TV

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