Philippines massacre footage shown

[Coventina]

Source: Al Jazeera


State prosecutors in the Philippines have shown a graphic video in court showing the aftermath of last November's massacre in the south of the country.

Two 90-minute films of the aftermath of the killings were shown on Wednesday at the resumption of the trial of Andal Ampatuan Jr, who is facing 41 counts of murder for allegedly leading the attack on a convoy of political rivals and a group of accompanying journalists in Maguindanao province.

Filmed by a local government employee who accompanied police as they retrieved the victims from the mass graves, the video showed bloodied bodies, some of which were already decomposing.

As the footage was shown, a sister of one of the female victims broke down and had to be helped out of the courtroom.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/01/201012064134567355.html

[ShortnFiery]

1. Didn't you get the memo? Our powers that be rate al jazeera as EVIL.

Hell, we even bombed and KILLED several reporters at their headquarters in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ooopsie! :silly: