A 62-year-old Philippine journalist, who had previously survived an attempt on his life by pretending to be dead, was gunned down outside his home on Tuesday, authorities said, in the latest such murder.

Virgilio Maganes, who was a commentator for radio station DWPR in the northern province of Pangasinan, died on the spot after being shot six times by unidentified motorcycle-riding gunmen, police Major Christian Alucod told AFP. The police added the motive for the killing was not clear.

Meanwhile, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) condemned the murder, which it said was the 18th such killing since President Rodrigo Duterte took power in 2016, and vowed to seek justice for him.

“His death is an indictment on this government’s empty boast that press freedom is alive and well in the country,” the group said.

The NUJP said Maganes survived a 2016 shooting by “playing dead” after being hit.

A note left at the scene during the first attempt on his life said: “I’m a drug pusher, don’t emulate me.”

Such messages were common in extrajudicial killings during the height of the government’s campaign against illegal drugs that has resulted in thousands of deaths.

“Even as we mourn the loss of a colleague and extend our heartfelt sympathies to all those he left behind, the community of independent Filipino journalists shall not let his death be in vain,” said the NUJP.

As per AFP inputs, the Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists and most of the killers go free.

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, last month, said Philippines was seventh in its Global Impunity Index, an annual ranking in which the nation has been a mainstay since the index’s inception in 2008.