Philippine Massacre Death Toll Reaches 57
Philippine Massacre Death Toll Reaches 57 after authorities find 11 more bodies Wednesday, November 25th, 2009, at the site of an attack on an election caravan in southern Philippine.
Authorities stat e that they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the president’s administration, for the massacre.
Philippine Massacre Death Toll Reaches 57 as six bodies in southern province of Maguindanao were discovered in a large pit buried alongside three vehicles, and five bodies were found in a mass grave a few miles off a main highway.
A sedan and two vans were crushed by a large backhoe that ran over and buried them. Authorities are still determining if they were part of the political caravan.
Among the dead from Monday’s Phillipine massacre included the wife and two sisters of gubernatorial candidate Ismael Mangudadatu and 18 Filipino journalists, that were accompanying the caravan. The massacre was the largest number of reporters killed in a single attack anywhere in the world.
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