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Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos

Philippine soldiers patrol the streets of Manila. At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)
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AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:06 AM ET

MANILA, Philippines - Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.

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  • Philippine soldiers patrol the streets of Manila. At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)
    Attack on election convoy kills 21 Filipinos AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:06 AM ET

    MANILA, Philippines - Dozens of gunmen hijacked a convoy carrying journalists, and family and supporters of a candidate for provincial governor, killing at least 21 of the travelers Monday in the southern Philippines' worst political violence in years.