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This is so unhuman, minimum of 57 people including journalists was killed in one day
By: colshe
Posted: Jan 20 10
Witnessed: 755 times
Regions: Philippines
Issues: Mass killings
Tags: civilians, freedom of the press, journalists, political violence, violence
Late last year, the world was shocked with the killing of more than 57 people in just one day in the province of Maguindanao, southern province of the Philippines.
A group of journalists, women and civilians was killed in broad day light by a mass killer named Andal Ampatuan Jr who is politically tied to the present Philippine president Gloria Arroyo.
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