Bloody election day in Mindanao: 7 killed, over 20 hurt

BULUAN, MAGUINDANAO---Blood spilled in various parts of Mindanao as violence claimed seven lives and caused injury to more than 20 others on election day, May 9. Violence disrupted voting in several precincts in Lanao del Sur and Basilan after armed men tried to snatch ballots and destroy the vote-counting machines. Some 100 police officers were augmented in Buluan town, Maguindanao, on Monday to contain rising tensions after gunmen aboard two vehicles killed three members of the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team who were sitting in a parked patrol vehicle at past 8 a.m. The unarmed village watchmen, who wore their uniforms, died on the spot from gunshots of M-16 rifles, acc...

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