Just Like A Novel
Remember Bel Canto? This is reminiscent
The wife of a candidate for governor and about 30 others were abducted Monday morning in the southern Philippines — with at least 21 of them later killed, army officials said.
The woman was on her way to file her husband’s nomination papers, when some 100 armed men abducted her and the others in Maguindanao province, said the candidate, Ibrahim Mangudadatu.
The group included two lawyers and a municipal vice mayor, the state-run Philippine News Agency said.
Army Lt. Col Romeo Brawner said soldiers later recovered 21 bodies from the area where the abduction occurred.
Mangudadatu blamed the abduction on the person he is challenging for the governorship of Maguindanao: incumbent Andal Ampatuan, who has held control of the area for the past decade.
The reasons for the slayings are unclear, but might have to do with Islamic terrorism:
Maguindanao is a Muslim autonomous region out of the control of the central government.
We’re fortunate in this country that while we seem to despise political rivals, we haven’t stooped to this level.
- Aggie