2 killed in Camarines Sur bar shooting

PASACAO, Camarines Sur, Philippines — Two seafarers were killed while another was wounded when a lone assailant shot them in a videoke bar in this town on Friday night.

Roberto Cania, 58, and Godofredo de Austria, 42, died in a hospital, where their companion, Socrates Uy, 50, was also taken for treatment of gunshot wounds.

Authorities said the victims were having a drinking session at the Frontview Videoke Bar in Barangay Sta. Rosa del Sur when the asssailant arrived and shot them.

The victims were crewmembers of a vessel that docked at the nearby port of Pasacao. A manhunt was launched for the suspect who fled after the shooting.

Police urged witnesses to come forward and help investigators identify the assailant.