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21 killed in political violence in southern Philippines
Kazakhstan News.Net
Monday 23rd November, 2009 (IANS)
Twenty-one people, including journalists, were killed Monday in an outbreak of political violence in the southern Philippines, the military said.
Lieutenant Colonel Romeo Brawner, a military spokesman, said troops recovered the bodies in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province, 930 km south of Manila.
Brawner said 13 of the victims were women and eight were men, but the identities were still being confirmed.
Buluan town Vice Mayor Ibrahim Mangudadatu said the victims included his wife, two sisters, three lawyers and several local journalists.
'They were all killed, beheaded,' Mangudadatu said.
Brawner could not yet confirm how the victims were killed.
Supporters of the rival Ampatuan political family were suspected to be behind the killings, he said.
About 100 gunmen reportedly led by Shariff Aguak town Mayor Datu Unsay Ampatuan blocked three vehicles used by the victims before noon and brought the hostages to a nearby mountain village.
Mangudadatu said he sent his wife, Genalyn, and siblings to file his certificate of candidacy for the post of governor of Maguindanao for elections in May.
'I talked to my wife before she was killed and I know the Ampatuans are behind this atrocity,' he said. 'They were the perpetrators.'
Feuding groups and families in the southern region of Mindanao often settle differences through violence. Clan wars erupt over land disputes and political rivalry.
Elections in the Philippines have traditionally been marred by violence, despite additional gun restrictions imposed during the campaign and polling periods.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
dencio09
11-23-09, 05:57 AM |
21 killed in political violence in southern Philippines
Why they kill people just because of politics? It’s really a news for the our country and these kind of immortallity can create fear to the foreign people who wants to visit our country.This is the basis that politics Philippines is very dirty as dirty as soul of those politician who did there terrible killing.
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mitchie
11-23-09, 07:37 AM |
So Sad
Political Violence in Maguindanao is really escalating especially now that election is fast approaching...most of the violence are perpetrated by the politician in this provice that’s why this province remain poor because of the politicians itself...they must be culled!!!!
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jinrai
11-23-09, 08:04 AM |
CALL FOR A HERO!
I call for those who have skills and courage to give justice for the victims.... In any way possible.
I call all the angels to move...
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jinrai
11-23-09, 08:08 AM |
KILL
Show me that you are a true vegelants...!
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Luigi8371
11-23-09, 09:56 AM |
Why All The Duplicates
Twenty-one people killed in Southern Philippines. Why are there 9 subtitles of the same story?
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Luigi8371
11-23-09, 09:57 AM |
Why All The Duplicates
Twenty-one people killed in Southern Philippines. Why are there 9 subtitles of the same story?
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mikie-san
11-23-09, 10:17 AM |
So what else is new?
Although I love the Filipino people and culture, the country as a whole is run by a cult of corruption and violence.
The poor, the average, and even the elite who believe in social change/justice...don’t stand a chance.
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ablou
11-23-09, 05:49 PM |
Guns
The military should take over martial law style and disarmed all the politicians ln maguindanao or anywhere else to include zamboanga ang jolo, basilan.military should rule. the military is being corrupted by corrupt administration,,
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Ina ko po
11-23-09, 05:52 PM |
Those responsible to that act must be punish and hang as the court dictate. They are bunch of animal who do not respect human being and I do not think they are fighting for a cause. They are criminal and the lowest punishment is death
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tOo much.
11-23-09, 07:17 PM |
Shame on you..!
..people will do everything just to get the power that they want.. but are you worhty of taking lives of other people just to achieve the position that you want?! Its obvious that you dont have any conscience, sooner or later all the negative deeds that you’ve done will come back to you. So GoOd luck!
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BSS
11-23-09, 07:18 PM |
Prove to me!!
Now prove to me that Allah is a God of peace! Why is that most of his people are into violence! Too much evidence in this world!! Now prove to me!! Ya’ll are BULLSHIT!!
Recently you just massacred your fellow moslems in the Phillipines!!!!!!!!
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worried citizen of the republik of philippines
11-23-09, 08:30 PM |
absolute power, corrupts absolutely!
the killings in the southern part of the philippines last novemeber 23 showed to the whole world how filipinos are so greedy to the local power. How much more in the national positions? May panahon pa ba para sa pagbabagong anyo ng ating politika? Perhaps, YES, pag ang uwak ay pumuti!
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Oh Canada
11-23-09, 09:27 PM |
woe to the philippines
As a Canadian I have been told many times by my Filipino friends to visit their beautiful country.......???? How can beauty be found in a land so rife with greed, corruption and violence???? These stories truly sicken me. Wake up.........
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USA
11-23-09, 09:40 PM |
Well That Ices It
well thats the last straw, selling everything getting the hell out of here, I’ll invest in the states the philipines has lost control of their country. God help us all
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Mindanoans..
11-24-09, 12:18 AM |
Dirty system were gone...
Politics has just begun. What happen here in our place is a clear picture that politics has just begun. Killing for the sake of temporary power? Awful isn’t it! Violence will rise as elections period. I’m convince that the victim family will revenge at all cost no matter what happen. Maybe not at the very year but in the next generation...greedy versus greedy kill each other. Eh; sana lahat nang greedy kunin na ni LORD.
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Grrrrrrrrrr!
11-24-09, 03:27 AM |
POLICEMEN
The Chief of Police and othe ranking officials in Mindanao are even seen with the murderers..WTF what kind of Country is that? I bet the devil Arroyo wont even do anything to arrest the perpetrators since the Ampatuans are j=his allies who help her cheat the election in 2004!
What a shame!
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Grrrrrrrrrr!
11-24-09, 03:28 AM |
correction
her allies!! this is sick and sad, cowardly act the most of the victims are even women! COOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRDDSSS!!!!
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Anonymous
11-24-09, 04:58 AM |
Ouir country is cursed by the Commonwealth President Manuel L Quezon and it will takes decade before our country settled and become a true republic for the people by the people and politics and power struggle stop.Politic in the Philippines is a big business.Until the goverment let the generals put no limit in their duty to hold their post during their tenure.Sucessful military leaders who is in their prime of leadership of their career is curtailed because of the age limit and they are retired.....for good. and talent is wasted.... Here is the curser of Quezon..... I RATHER SEE THE PHILIPPINES RUN LIKE HELL THAN THE AMERICAN LIKE HEAVEN...THERE YOU GO THE PHILIPPINES AT HER BEST AND MORE CORRUPTIONS AND KILLING
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Anonymous
11-30-09, 12:10 AM |
Hopeless
All the politicians in the Philippines are all alike, fighting for power for personnel gain and not to serve the people, their intentions is to steal and gain wealth for themselves, allies and families. I have no respect for this bastards!!!
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