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| Subject: YAY! 197 Philippine statists charged over massacre Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:36 am | |
| A FORMER close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre, a prosecutor said.
Andal Ampatuan Sr, the head of a Muslim clan and the former governor of Maguindanao province where the slaughter of 57 people occurred last year, was among those charged with murder, according to papers filed in a Manila court.
In total, 197 people were charged, including men alleged to have been the gunmen who abducted and shot the victims. Those charged on Tuesday were in addition to Ampatuan Sr's son and namesake, who is already standing trial for murder after being accused of orchestrating the killings.
Prosecutors alleged in Ampatuan Jr's trial that he and about 100 of his gunmen abducted and killed the victims to stop a rival, Mr Esmael Mangudadatu, from running against him for the post of Maguindanao governor in May elections. |
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