By Mike Crismundo
BUTUAN CITY – A health worker was gunned down by an assassin Tuesday inside her own house in Purok 5, Barangay New Visayas, Trento, Agusan del Sur.
Police said Barangay Health Worker (BHW) Perla A. Esquadra died on the spot sustaining five bullet wounds in different parts of her body.
Witnesses said they saw a man enter the house of the victim before they heard successive gun shots at around 9 p.m. A manhunt is ongoing against the suspect whose motive is yet to be known.