Guard killed as armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison
"It’s All Fun and Games, Until Someone Unleashes Death Squads"
Neil Jerome Morales and Manuel Mogato
January 4 2017
Manila: About 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some of them Islamic militants, officials said.
The Southeast Asian, majority Roman Catholic nation has for decades been plagued by insurgency by Muslim rebels in its southern islands.
Filipino inmates remain in their cell at the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan city. Photo: AP
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