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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Canadian Shoots Lawyer and Client in Cebu Courthouse.

     A Canadian citizen went on a shooting rampage in a Cebu City courthouse a few days ago, killing a lawyer and his client. John Pope, a Canadian citizen and a longtime resident of Cebu City was sued by the homeowners association of the condominium that he was living in. Pope was facing complaint charges due to his various and repeated violation of the rules being implemented on the condominium by the homeowners.

     According to witnesses, the suspect managed to sneak in 2 handguns inside the courthouse by hiding them inside his armpits. Apparently, the guards at the trial court were very lax and very stupid as they did not even bothered to check people that are entering the premises if they are carrying or concealing deadly weapons or explosives. So when John Pope successfully entered the courtroom with his guns and saw his accuser and her lawyer, the gunslinger from Canada immediately opened fire at them.

     The lawyer and his client were immediately killed on the spot and as the cops and guards were alerted by court employees, the suspect turned the gun on himself and committed suicide! Another bloody incident happening on the first month of 2013, could this be a bad precedent that this year is going to be a gory and ominous one? Damn, I hope not!

     At least the gunman did not take any more hostages or killed anybody else on the courthouse. Maybe John Pope just got fed up of being sued and got tired of attending court hearings for such a long time. He probably thought that's it's better to gun down his accuser and her lawyer and then blow his brains out to spare them all the misery of going to court forever. Let's admit it folks, our justice system here in the Philippines is one of the slowest and certainly the most useless in the world....no wonder most people would rather take the law into their own hands....

     I hope that no more bad events would happen this 2013.....Let's keep our fingers crossed....

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