KORONADAL CITY—The coronavirus pandemic is preventing families of those killed in the Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province from visiting the mass grave on its 11th anniversary on Monday. The victims included 32 journalists and media workers, two lawyers, six motorists and the wife and sisters of Mangudadatu. The massacre has been considered the worst election-related violence in the country and the deadliest single attack against media workers in the world. Morales said she would offer Mass at Forest Lake Memorial Park in General Santos City, where some of the victims were buried. But it acquitted 56, including Sajid Ampatuan, another brother of Zaldy and Andal Jr., who was then vice governor of Maguindanao at the time of the massacre.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 22, 2020 20:26 UTC