Post date: Jan 07, 2011 1:34:57 PM
The murderer of a Filipino councilman appears in the background of a family photograph taken just moments before the attack.
PHILIPPINES-MURDER PHOTO - A murdered Filipino politician captured his attacker on camera just moments before his death.
Councilman Reynaldo Dagsa was taking his family's photo, as a gunman appeared behind them pointing his weapon.
Then shots rang out.
Dagsa died from his wounds soon afterward at a local hospital.Family members quickly turned over photos to police, who were able to arrest the alleged killer -- and identify four more suspects.
CALOOCAN CITY PHILIPPINE NATIONAL CHIEF OF POLICE, JUDE SANTOS, SAYING:
"There's a saying that a dead man tells no tale. But in this case, the dead man was the one who told how he was killed because of the picture."
Police say the suspects were thieves out on bail from prison, who were earlier arrested by Dagsa for a series of crimes.
David Botti, Reuters