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PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR – Hours before the Eid al-Adha celebration, a shooting incident inside a mosque in Purok Malipayon, Barangay Upper Sang-an in Labangan town, Zamboanga del Sur, left two men dead on Tuesday evening.

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The local police said the victims were a 41-year-old businessman and a 65-year-old resident, both from Labangan town.

Investigation revealed that the 41-year-old victim sustained one gunshot wound on his back, while the 65-year-old victim sustained seven gunshot wounds on different parts of his body.