This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8505440.stm
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Charges over Philippines massacre | Charges over Philippines massacre |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| The Philippines have charged 196 more people with murder over a pre-election massacre in Maguindanao province in November which left 57 people dead. | The Philippines have charged 196 more people with murder over a pre-election massacre in Maguindanao province in November which left 57 people dead. |
| Those charged include Andal Ampatuan Snr, formerly a provincial governor and ally of President Gloria Arroyo. | Those charged include Andal Ampatuan Snr, formerly a provincial governor and ally of President Gloria Arroyo. |
| Mr Ampatuan's son of the same name has already been charged with murder over the attack on a rival political family and journalists travelling with them. | Mr Ampatuan's son of the same name has already been charged with murder over the attack on a rival political family and journalists travelling with them. |
| The charges come as campaigning opened for the presidential elections. | The charges come as campaigning opened for the presidential elections. |
| Prosecutor Leo Dacera said those charged had been positively identified as "direct participants in the commission of the crime of murder", the AFP news agency reported. | |
| The victims were part of a group on their way to file the candidacy of one of their leaders for the May elections. |