21 dead in Philippines hostage slayings
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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.
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