00:00American marine biologist Kent Carpenter, aged 73, is shot dead in his home in Cibulan, Negros Oriental.
00:07Carpenter was an expert witness for the Philippines in the 2016 Arbitral Award that affirmed the integrity of the country's
00:13exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea.
00:16Police confirmed three unidentified men forcibly entered Carpenter's residence and one shot him in the head while Carpenter's 34-year
00:24-old companion sustained injuries.
00:25Police Brigadier General Romano Cardino called the killing a senseless act of violence.
00:32Carpenter provided expert-written records on the environmental harms of China's reclamation and destructive fishing practices in the West Philippine
00:39Sea.
00:39The marine scientist also conducted extensive research in the Verde Island Passage and supported the call to designate the passage
00:46as a World Heritage Site.
00:48In a 2024 video, Carpenter said he had been studying the marine environment in the Philippines since 1975.
00:56Carpenter
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