ZAMBOANGA CITY: A state auditor was fatally shot in an attack by motorcycle gunmen in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said.

Police said the 54-year old Ester Galarosa was driving her car with another auditor when gunmen attacked them Thursday evening near a police outpost just outside the Santa Cruz market. Galarosa was with another auditor, Renelia Abella, 52, who was unscathed from the attack.

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