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| Islamists flee Philippines prison after militants' raid |
| 2009-12-13 |
| A group of suspected Islamic militants have attacked a jail in the southern Philippines, freeing at least 31 prisoners, prison officials say. Two people, including a prison guard, are believed to have been killed during a gunfight as the prisoners escaped. Basilan island's Vice Governor Al Rasheed Sakalahul told the Associated Press the gunmen had wanted to free Muslim guerrillas held in the jail. He said other inmates had also escaped during the attack early on Sunday. Mr Sakalahul said about 30 gunmen had used sledgehammers to break through the jail's concrete perimeter wall before using bolt-cutters to cut through padlocks on cell doors. One of the prison guards was killed and another injured during the ensuing clash, provincial police chief Abubakar Tulawie told Reuters news agency. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #1 PHILIPPINES = SRI LANKA = ITS NOT OVER UNTIL IT IS OVER??? Read, MILITANTS WIN, OR ARE DESTROYED To wit, ION NOT-THE-PHILIPPINES BHARAT RAKSHAK > SRI LANKA > "PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY" GROUP EMERGES IN EASTERN SRI LANKA; + [BBC] NEW TAMIL GROUP "PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY" VOWS TO START A FRESH WAR. Tamil PLA linked to PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION [PLO] + CUBA, FORMER LTTE Cadres. Lest we fergit, RADICAL MULLAHS > BETTER THE ENTIRE WORLD BE DESTROYED THAN ISLAM TO NOT RULE SAME. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-13 21:03 |