MANILA: A daughter of the late British baron Lord Moynihan has been killed in the Philippines where the government is waging a deadly war on drugs, police said Monday.
Maria Aurora Moynihan, 45, was shot by unknown attackers who left her by the side of a Manila street on Sept. 10, authorities said.
Her killers left a cardboard sign accusing Moynihan of being a “drug pusher for celebrities,” Chief Inspector Tito Jay Cuden told AFP.
The victim was on bail while facing charges of possession of illegal drugs following a February 2013 suburban Manila police raid.
“Witnesses told us they heard a series of gunshots, then saw a vehicle leaving the area. They did not see its license plates,” Cuden said.
CCTV footage aired on local television network ABS-CBN showed a vehicle stop and open its door on the deserted part of the street where the body was later found.
“She’s considered a drug personality,” Cuden said. No arrests have been made and an investigation is continuing, he added.
Maria Aurora Moynihan, 45, was shot by unknown attackers who left her by the side of a Manila street on Sept. 10, authorities said.
Her killers left a cardboard sign accusing Moynihan of being a “drug pusher for celebrities,” Chief Inspector Tito Jay Cuden told AFP.
The victim was on bail while facing charges of possession of illegal drugs following a February 2013 suburban Manila police raid.
“Witnesses told us they heard a series of gunshots, then saw a vehicle leaving the area. They did not see its license plates,” Cuden said.
CCTV footage aired on local television network ABS-CBN showed a vehicle stop and open its door on the deserted part of the street where the body was later found.
“She’s considered a drug personality,” Cuden said. No arrests have been made and an investigation is continuing, he added.
