Failed assassination attempt with an RPG in the Philippines.
What is this about?
I'm going to give you a brief summary about the Ampatuan family and the way justice are being sought as the judiciary institution and justice like most province in the Philippine are lacking.
The
Maguindanao massacre (also known as the
Ampatuan massacre, named after
where mass graves of victims were found)
occurred on the morning of November 23, 2009, in the town of
in
,
(now located in
). The 58 victims were on their way to file a certificate of candidacy for
, deputy-mayor of
, when they were kidnapped and later killed. Mangudadatu was challenging
mayor
, son of the incumbent Maguindanao governor
and member of one of Mindanao's leading Muslim political clans,
in the forthcoming Maguindanao gubernatorial election,
part of the
. Those killed included Mangudadatu's wife, his two sisters, journalists, lawyers, aides, and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified as part of the convoy.
The Maguindanao massacre is one of the deadliest massacres to ever occur in the Philippines, triggers widespread
and
. At the time, the
(CPJ) called the Maguindanao
the "single deadliest event" for
since they began compiling records in 1992;
at least 34 journalists are known to have died in the attack.
Even before the massacre, the CPJ had labelled the Philippines the second most dangerous country for journalists, second only to
.
Background
Nov 22, 2024 — On the 15th anniversary of the
Ampatuan massacre — the deadliest single attack on journalists in world history during which 32 media ...
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with family members of the Maguindanao
Massacre victims, and prosecutors, officials from the security sector, relevant government agencies, and representatives ...
The November 23, 2009 Maguindanao
massacre resulted in the execution of a convoy of 58 persons, including 32 journalists, who were on their way to the office of ...
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The worst pre-election violence in Philippine history—the Maguindanao
massacre which killed. 63 people including 33 journalists—focused global attention on the ...