British Envoy’s Guard Kills Philippine Officer
Associated Press
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — A member of a military security detail assigned to the British ambassador went on a shooting spree at an airport in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing one officer and wounding another before he was killed.
According to local reports, minutes after Ambassador Michael Morgan took off on a flight to Zamboanga, Constable John Sampang began firing his M-16 rifle. He killed his company commander and wounded a Philippine Constabulary provincial commander in the shoulder.
Fellow soldiers then shot and killed Sampang.
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