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LUCENA CITY — A Philippine Army soldier was shot and killed on Thursday, Dec. 26, by a still-unidentified gunman in San Mateo town in Rizal province.

In a report Friday, the Region 4A police said the body of Corporal Christian Tapia, 30, was found lying along Timberland Avenue in Barangay Malanday around 10 a.m.

Police said a security guard heard a gunshot and when he conducted a search, he found the victim dead with a bullet wound in his head.

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The report identified the victim as an intelligence operative in the Army’s 80th Infantry Battalion.

An investigation is ongoing to establish the identity of the gunman and the motive behind the incident. INQ

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