2 Australians and a Filipina killed in Philippine hotel, officials say

Associated Press

TAGAYTAY, Philippines (AP) — Officials in the Philippines say two Australian nationals and their Filipina companion have been killed in a hotel in a popular resort city south of the capital, and that police are trying to identify and track down the suspects. A hotel worker found the bodies of the victims, whose hands and feet were tied, in a room at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay city, south of Manila, on Wednesday, according to a police statement. Police did not identify the victims or provide other details of what it said was a  “murder incident.” Tagaytay Mayor Abraham Tolentino apologized to the families of the victims. The victims were believed to be a man in his 50s from Australia, his Philippine-born partner and her Filipina relative.