Local February 14, 2017 - 12:38 pm

Two journalists shot dead, police detain three

Santo Domingo.- Gunmen reportedly took two security guards hostage, after fleeing the scene while police say hree suspects are being held.

Dayaba Garcia, secretary of the station who was injured by gunfire from the two hooded gunmen. She isreportedly pregnant.

It emerged that the journalists were the two menwho denounced the pollution being spewed into protected area, Laguna Mallen,in San Pedro.

FILE. Radio journalists Luis ManuelMedina and Luis (Leo ) Martinez were gunned down near noon Tuesday, according tothe San Pedro prosecutor Edwin Encarnación.

He said Dayana Garcia, secretary of the station wasinjured by gunfire from the two hooded gunmen. She is guarded condition.

Martínez was the director of the FM103.5 radiostation, located in the second floor of the Centro Comercial del Este shoppingplaza, where Medina was the announcer.

Martinez was found dead in his office slumpedin his chair, minutes after Medina’s death, show as he was about to concludehis live program.

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