Map locates Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces in the Philippines,
which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
placed under a state of emergency
which President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
placed under a state of emergency
The hand of one of dead victims lies across a police line
at a hillside in Datu Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines,
on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency,
giving security forces free hand to pursue gunmen
who killed at least 24 people in one of the country's worst election massacres.
(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
at a hillside in Datu Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines,
on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
placed two southern provinces under a state of emergency,
giving security forces free hand to pursue gunmen
who killed at least 24 people in one of the country's worst election massacres.
(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Police and army personnel cover their noses
as they view or take photos of recovered bodies
along a hillside grave in Ampatuan municipality,
Maguindanao province, southern Philippines
on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
as they view or take photos of recovered bodies
along a hillside grave in Ampatuan municipality,
Maguindanao province, southern Philippines
on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009.
(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Women light candles for the victims
of abduction and killing in Maguindanao province
southern Philippines during a rally
marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women in Quezon City Metro Manila,
November 24, 2009.
REUTERS/Cheryl
of abduction and killing in Maguindanao province
southern Philippines during a rally
marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence
against Women in Quezon City Metro Manila,
November 24, 2009.
REUTERS/Cheryl
Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Maguindanao-province-Philippine-President-Gloria-Macapagal-Arroyo/photo//091124/481/3c25e511633345a7a076b0689bf7c8d6/