Midsayap soldier shot, gunmen take his motorbike

MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato - A soldier was killed on the spot after two men armed with hand guns shot him near a military detachment in a remote village here Thursday afternoon.Corporal Angelo Magtubo of the 7th Infantry Battalion, died instantly due to multiple gunshot wounds.The Midsayap PNP said Magtubo, in civilian clothes, was driving his motorbike heading toward a nearby store to buy cigarettes when flagged down by two men at past 3 p.m.Without provocation, the gunmen opened fire. As Magtubo fell from his bike, the suspects took his motorbike and fled.Police said the motive of the attack could be robbery but investigators are also looking at other possible motives.