THREE security guards were killed Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station in a restive region of the southern Philippines, police said, as millions of Filipinos voted...
THREE security guards were killed Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station in a restive region of the southern Philippines, police said, as millions of Filipinos voted in national elections.Elections are a traditionally volatile time in a country with lax gun laws and a violent political culture, but police said this season had been comparatively peaceful.
'It is their custom to come down early from their villages, which are located eight to 12 hours away on foot,' said Kuntong.In 2009, Maguindanao was the scene of the country's deadliest single incident of political violence on record.Fifty-eight people were massacred as gunmen allegedly working for a local warlord attacked a group of people to stop a rival from filing his election candidacy.Dozens of the victims were journalists covering the contest.
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