Relatives and friends pray during the wake of killed Norwegian teenager Mikael Troy Johansen Rasay in Tanza, Cavite on Tuesday. AP
MANILA, Philippines—An 18-year-old Norwegian tourist was fatally shot outside a bar in Quezon City when he tried to stop a fight, police said Tuesday.
Mikael Troy Johansen Rasay had left the bar with friends early Sunday when he saw a commotion across the street and tried to intervene in a fight between a man and a woman, Chief Inspector Rodelio Marcelo of Quezon City said.
Marcelo said that Rasay knocked the man down in a fistfight. Gunfire rang out moments later and witnesses reported seeing another man chasing and shooting Rasay.
Marcelo said the suspect escaped in a car. Rasay died of wounds after being brought to a hospital and another person was wounded by a stray bullet.
Police said they are investigating.