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The heir of a powerful clan was charged Dec. 1 in connection with the Philippines' worst political massacre — an ambush in which 57 people, more than half journalists, were slaughtered.

Three witnesses, who escaped because their car was at the tail end of the election convoy that was attacked in a southern province Nov. 23, said they saw Andal Ampatuan Jr. and about 100 gunmen, including police officers, stopping the cars, prosecutor Al Calica said.

Hours later, troops found bullet-riddled and hacked-up bodies near the highway sprawled in the grass and hastily buried with a backhoe in three mass graves.

Ampatuan turned himself in last week. He has denied the charges. He is the scion of a clan allied with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that has ruled Maguindanao unopposed for years. (AP)

比大量殺人、町長らを起訴

フィリピン南部で11月23日に起きた州知事選絡みの大量誘拐殺人事件で、当局は12月1日、ダトゥンセイ町のアンダル・アパトゥアン・ジュニア町長らを殺人容疑で起訴した。

Shukan ST: December 11, 2009

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