Philippines charges massacre suspect with murder

November 26, 2009  
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MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine police filed murder charges on Thursday against the main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the south of the country this week as authorities moved to dismantle his clan's control over the region. Andal Ampatuan Jr, a local mayor in Maguindanao province, came face to face with Esmael Mangudadatu, husband of one of the women murdered, who filed multiple murder complaints before state prosecutors in southern General Santos City. Ampatuan was flown out from Maguindanao province by an army helicopter after he was handed over by his…

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