Man spares daughter as he shoots family
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October 17, 2011, Monday
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A FILIPINO man yesterday shot his wife, three of his children and their maid while having breakfast in a central Philippine town and then killed himself, police said.
He spared his favorite daughter, they said.
The killings in Talisay in Cebu province shocked many in the crime-weary country.
Emmanuel Ponce, a 55-year-old former seaman, shot his family in their affluent home, police said.
Ponce told his youngest daughter to leave and call police before shooting himself, police investigator Mike Espina said.
"You will be the only one who will live," the father told his 14-year-old daughter. "After this, I will commit suicide. Go and call the police." The daughter heard a shot as she ran out of the house.
Espina said the motive for the killings was unclear and there was no sign Ponce was drunk. He had retired after working for years as a seaman and his wife was a bank manager.
"This is a puzzle for us at the moment," Espina said, adding that the surviving daughter was too shocked to talk much about the shootings.
"She was asking how her parents and siblings were," Espina said. "I just told her ambulances had taken them all to a hospital."
Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said the daughter would be helped to overcome her trauma.
He spared his favorite daughter, they said.
The killings in Talisay in Cebu province shocked many in the crime-weary country.
Emmanuel Ponce, a 55-year-old former seaman, shot his family in their affluent home, police said.
Ponce told his youngest daughter to leave and call police before shooting himself, police investigator Mike Espina said.
"You will be the only one who will live," the father told his 14-year-old daughter. "After this, I will commit suicide. Go and call the police." The daughter heard a shot as she ran out of the house.
Espina said the motive for the killings was unclear and there was no sign Ponce was drunk. He had retired after working for years as a seaman and his wife was a bank manager.
"This is a puzzle for us at the moment," Espina said, adding that the surviving daughter was too shocked to talk much about the shootings.
"She was asking how her parents and siblings were," Espina said. "I just told her ambulances had taken them all to a hospital."
Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said the daughter would be helped to overcome her trauma.
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